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A Free Gift Everyday

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 31 January 2012

Every day’s a fantastic day with Mecca bingo – they’re giving you a gift every day you play until the end of February! Spend £1 in one day on any bingo game online or on your mobile and you’ll qualify for a guaranteed gift at Meccabingo.com. What You Can Win Mecca Bingo have got all [...]

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Burns Night Bingo

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 18 January 2012

Monday 23rd – Wednesday 25th January Mecca Bingo are celebrating Burn’s Night with a Burn’s Night Bingo £5,000 Private Room with £5,000 of Superbooks and 90 Ball Bingo jackpots! You’ll get exclusive entry to this extra special room when you spend £20 in real funds on bingo tickets between Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th January. [...]

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January Sales Bargain Bingo

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 9 January 2012

Get More For Your Money At Mecca Bingo Throughout January Mecca Bingo look forward to those wonderful new year sales, and this year there is no need to brave the big freeze in order to find a bargain – they have a range of superb January savers! Throughout January Mecca Bingo are running loads of [...]

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Win on Deal or No Deal this Christmas

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 13 December 2011

Win Exclusive Deal or No Deal Prizes Wednesday 7th – Wednesday 21st December And what a game Mecca Bingo have in store for you! Deposit and spend £5 from Wednesday 7th – Wednesday 21st December on Deal or No Deal, Deal or No Deal Instant or Deal or No Deal Jackpot slot games and you [...]

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Paddy Power Bingo’s £20k Xmas Elves

Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 December 2011

Has Paddy Power Bingo got an Elf-tastic treat for you! Christmas will soon be upon us and that means only one thing in the world of Paddy Power Bingo – his elves have come out to play! Everyday throughout advent these mischievous Elves will be unveiling a brand new promotion which will guarantee you’ll be full of seasonal cheer. [...]

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Mecca Bingo’s £500,000 end of the year party

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 6 December 2011

Monday 26th December – Sunday 1st January Mecca Bingo certainly are giving you something to celebrate this New Year as they are bringing you the biggest 7 days of bingo jackpots to ever take place in the world as they’ll be giving away a massive £500,000 in bingo jackpots! You’ve watched all the Christmas TV [...]

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Win Tickets To The X Factor Final 2011

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 1 December 2011

Thursday 1st December – Saturday 3rd December Its The Show Everyone is talking about, and YOU could be there Meccabingo.com is proud to give you the opportunity to win tickets to The X Factor Live Final 2011 when you deposit and spend £5 on The X Factor Steps To Stardom Mecca Bingo will enter you [...]

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The 12 Days Of Christmas

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 30 November 2011

‘Tis the season to be jolly and what better way to get in the merry mood than by taking part in Crown Bingo’s fabulous 12 Days of Christmas promotion! Over 12 days Crown Bingo have 12 wonderful offers that will have Santa dashing through the snow to take part in. They’ll be giving away loads [...]

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Win Your Christmas Wishlist!

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 11 November 2011

Don’t wait for Santa, get your Christmas presents now! Every Wednesday throughout November, Crown Bingo’s players will have the chance to win a present from our Christmas wishlist, which consists of five popular presents that are sure to be festive favourites. Pop along to Room 2 every Wednesday at 9pm to take part. The full [...]

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Crown Bingo Have Got the X Factor!

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 18 October 2011

It’s that time again when the X Factor Final 12 take to the stage in the hopes of bagging themselves a record deal! To see if you’ve got the X Factor, join Crown Bingo in Room 2 every Sunday from 16th October between 7-8pm for their X factor chat games. All the winners of the [...]

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Mecca Bingo’s 50th Birthday Promotions

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 12 October 2011

£50k Escalator Jackpot Monday 10th October – Sunday 23rd October Happy Birthday to Mecca Bingo! Happy Birthday to Mecca Bingo! To celebrate 50 years of Mecca Bingo they have over £50,000 of jackpots to be won. From Monday October 10th until Sunday 23rd October you will be able to win the 90 Ball Bingo progressive [...]

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Gala Bingo Celebrate their Birthday in Style

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 6 October 2011

Gala Bingo have been one of the biggest names in bingo for a while now – 20 years in fact and they would like you all to join in the celebrations in their upcoming birthday! They have also been gracing our TV screens for 5 years, bringing us live bingo action and fab entertainment and [...]

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Free Bingo For Newbies

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 26 September 2011

Mecca Bingo want to make it as easy as possible for you to join and start playing bingo, so they have loads of benefits for you when you first join. You can play for free and win cash bonuses plus get up to £50 FREE. Don’t worry if you have never played online bingo before [...]

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Super Sunday at William Hill Bingo

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 16 September 2011

William Hill Bingo are going to make your Sundays really super! Main Room Starting at 7pm there are five £1,000 games, taking place every hour, on the hour with the last one at 11pm. Diamond Room If you like to sparkle in the Diamond Room every Sunday at 7.30pm, 8.30pm, 10.30pm and 11.30pm you’ll find [...]

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Bank Holiday Bingo Bonanza

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 23 August 2011

What a scorching bank holiday William Hill Bingo have got lined up for you! No matter what the weather decides to do this week, William Hill Bingo are bursting with red-hot bingo promotions. William Hill Bingo have got: Bank Holiday Bonus Bonanza: Monday 22nd – Sunday 28th August Buy bingo tickets and get a bingo [...]

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£100k Summer Party Night

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 17 August 2011

You’re invited to the £100,000 Summer Party Night on Sunday 28th August! Between 6pm and midnight William Hill Bingo are holding one crazy night of big, big prizes which includes some 1TG and 2TG prize games, £2,000 and £3,000 prize games and the £10,000 Super Bingo Linx game. Join William Hill Bingo in the Main [...]

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Win with Mecca Bingo’s Lucky Dip

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 3 August 2011

From Monday 1st August At Mecca Bingo they love giving out free cash so join them every Monday throughout August and you could win £5 FREE play by spending just £2 on bingo tickets with their Lucky Dip. Spend just £2 on bingo tickets, on any Monday from August 1st and you will qualify for [...]

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Bag up to £500 worth of jaw dropping fashion

Posted by Debbie Archer on 19 July 2011

If you’ve got it, flaunt it! 888ladies certainly are with their £500 Aftershock game! Become a style icon & win up to £500 worth of vouchers from the fabulously, flamboyant fashion house Aftershock on Sun 31 July @ 9pm! The jackpot is as high as their hemlines with a jaw-dropping £500 worth of fashion vouchers [...]

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What’s this? A whole week of Free Bingo?

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 12 July 2011

Yes, every single day from Monday 11th to Sunday 17th July there’s a free bingo game on the hour, every hour with great prizes up for grabs. Don’t miss out – pick up your free tickets and enjoy some fabulous free bingo action! Where is it? In the Community Room from 9am to 5pm with [...]

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Speed Bingo Bonus

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 6 July 2011

This Sunday it’s the British F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone and we’re increasing the mph here at William Hill Bingo too, with a 10% bonus in the Speed Bingo room. Get up to £25 back on total cash losses when you play in the Speed Bingo room on Sunday 10th July. Support our British drivers, [...]

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Win Your Dream Destination Holiday

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 29 June 2011

Win your Dream Destination holiday with William Hill Bingo! Every day between Friday 24th June and Sunday 10th July the full house winner on the game that has the lowest ball call number in the Community Room will pick up an amazing £2,000 holiday voucher to spend on a holiday of their choice! That means [...]

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Luck of the Irish visits Weston-Super-Mare

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 13 June 2011

Local grandfather scoops £391k on galabingo.com’s Leprechaun’s Luck One lucky grandfather from Weston-Super- Mare is celebrating after scooping a fantastic £391k jackpot on leading bingo website galabingo.com. Unable to sleep the restless shift worker, who wishes to remain anonymous, logged on to have a quick play on the site’s popular five-reel Irish themed Leprechaun’s Luck [...]

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Bingo Belle short-listed as Ultimate Bingo Champion

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 10 June 2011

galabingo.com gives lucky Luton lady the chance to win share of £100k A lucky mother of two was celebrating today after winning a fantastic holiday and the opportunity of a lifetime to compete in Gala Bingo’s Ultimate Bingo Championships in Gibraltar. 50-year-old Susan Mayhew logged on for a quick game of bingo at leading online [...]

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02 June, 2011 – Playtech’s Virtue Fusion, the world’s leading developer and licensor of internet bingo products, won Best Online Bingo Software for the third straight year at the Online Bingo Industry Awards last night in recognition of its best-of-breed products. Hosted by Bullet Business, the ceremony took place after day one of the sixth [...]

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Eight Holidays Up for Grabs At William Hill Bingo

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 2 June 2011

This could be a summer to remember! To pick up your free tickets for the Sunday Willy's Travel game, simply deposit and spend £10 on bingo tickets at William Hill Bingo between a Thursday and Wednesday - for every £10 deposited and spent you'll get one free ticket to the game in the Community Room at 8pm.

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PaddyVision Bingo Contest

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 5 May 2011

Abba, Celine Dion, Katrina & the Waves, Johnny Logan… what do they all have in common? YES – they are all Eurovision winners! Love it or hate it (and let’s face it we all love it), it’s that time of the year again! To celebrate the annual Eurovision song contest, Paddy Power Bingo are throwing [...]

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galabingo.com winner left grinning like a Cheshire cat

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 7 April 2011

Manchester woman’s £345k win takes her to Wonderland One lucky lady from Manchester is ecstatic after managing to scoop a staggering £345k from just a £1 stake on leading bingo website galabingo.com. Laying in bed with her laptop the sales administrator, who wishes to remain anonymous, thought she would have a quick play on the [...]

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Gala Bingo goes social with great new MyGala.co.uk blog

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 28 March 2011

Leading bingo operator also launches official Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages Gala Bingo, the UK’s number one bingo operator, is embracing the social revolution by launching a fantastic new blog, MyGala.co.uk, as well as dedicated Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages. The great new MyGala.co.uk site contains all the latest entertainment reviews and showbiz gossip, bingo [...]

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Betfred buys Bucky Bingo online sites

Posted by Debbie Archer on 22 March 2011
Betfred have bought online bingo site Bucky Bingo from the owners of the Buckingham Bingo chain after they sold their main bingo halls to Club 3000. The sale adds two extra sites – Bucky Bingo and BOGOF Bingo – to Betfred’s exisiting Betfred Bingo site. The sites all run on Playtech’s Virtue Fusion platform. Betfred, [...]

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£100,000 Night in with Mecca Bingo

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 21 March 2011

Big Night In! Sunday 27th March Mecca Bingo is rolling out the red carpet and inviting you to their Big Night In on Sunday 27th March, starting at 5pm, Mecca Bingo are giving you the chance to win a staggering £100,000 in Bingo Superbook Jackpots in the space of just 7 hours! Enjoy all the [...]

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Bingo! We’ve found a new Mothers Day gift.

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 9 March 2011
Year after year people are buying their mum the same Mothers Day gifts; flowers, chocolates and perfume. Why not think outside of the box this year? For Mums who love bingo there couldn’t be a better gift than a Bingo Gift Voucher. Launched in February 2011 BingoGiftVouchers.com was set up by Vikki Taylor; a Geordie [...]

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Don’t miss out on the jackpots at Paddy Power Bingo

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 8 March 2011

Win your share of 5K! Paddy Power Bingo’s March leaderboard challenge has kicked off! This means that for every £/€1 you spend on bingo or side games you’ll earn points to climb up the leaderboard and the top 100 will share a massive £/€5,000 in prizes! You can join the promotion any time between 1-20 [...]

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Enjoy your pancakes with Paddy Power Bingo

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 8 March 2011

Happy Pancake Day! Happy Pancake Day! As part of Paddy Power Bingo’s win a share of £/€5K leaderboard challenge, today you could get 1,000 extra leaderboard points! Whether you’re planning on giving anything up for Lent or not, indulge yourself today with pancakes! Take a picture of yourself making pancakes today and email Paddy Power [...]

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Bet365′s Friday Flier

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 7 March 2011

Friday Flier Share in the excitement of a jackpot win! How would you like to share in the excitement of a jackpot win? With Bet365 Bingo’s Friday Flier promotion you can make sure that if the Frequent Flier jackpot drops for another Bingohead, you will be able to join in the celebration with a slice [...]

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The Month Of Love With Paddy Power Bingo

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 10 February 2011

Month of Love! Since it’s February, the Month of Love, Paddy Power Bingo have got something really special lined up for you! Check out their very own love letter that features a new promotion every day until the end of the month! Paddy Power Bingo are giving away a total of £/€10,000 in jackpots, BBs, [...]

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Gala Coral Group smashes £1.5m charity target

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 31 January 2011

Leading gaming operator honoured at House of Lords for charity work Gala Coral Group’s highly successful partnership with Sue Ryder Care was celebrated at a House of Lords reception on Thursday evening (January 27) after it smashed its £1.5million target for the charity. Sue Ryder Care, which provides expert and compassionate care to people living [...]

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Nordic Gaming launches Online Bingo with Playtech

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 25 January 2011
24th January, 2011 – Playtech Ltd, the international designer, developer and licensor of software for the online, mobile, TV and land-based gaming industry, has established a bingo licensing agreement with Nordic Gaming for NordicBet.com, Triobet.com and Tobet.com.

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Lucky start to the New Year at Gala Bingo Stratford

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 19 January 2011

Local father and fellow club members celebrate £250k jackpot Members at Gala Bingo Stratford saw the New Year in style after local father Joao Trindade hit the leading bingo operator’s unique High 5 jackpot, the week before Christmas. Originally from Portugal, Joao moved to London six years ago and has been a regular at the [...]

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New Jersey vote could see online bingo legalized

Posted by Debbie Archer on 12 January 2011
New Jersey politicians have voted to approve online gambling within the state, meaning that online gambling could be legal for the state’s citizens within days. The State Assembly and Senate voted on 11 January to allow interstate gambling, which means players would only be playing bingo against other players in New Jersey. The legislation now [...]

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Uncover a Golden Ticket and win up to £5,000,000

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 12 January 2011

Get excited because the dazzling Golden Ticket event is back....and this time it is even bigger and better! Uncover your dazzling Golden Ticket between January 3 and February 27 to take part in the Goldengantic Golden Ticket game on March 6, 2011 where you could win up to £5,000,000!

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Online Bingo site of the Year 2010 result

Posted by Robert Alexander on 6 January 2011

The 2010 Which Bingo Site of the Year votes have been counted and the winner is Sun Bingo! The Sun is now not only the most popular newspaper in the UK it is also the name behind the most popular online bingo site.

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UK Online Bingo Chat Moderator of the Year results

Posted by Robert Alexander on 6 January 2011

Congratulations are due to the CM team at Mecca Bingo as the votes cast at WhichCM.com have been counted and they are officially the UK Online Bingo Industry CM's of the year 2010.

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Bet365 Bingo player taloo1 is sure to be enjoying an extra special festive season this year, having scooped an incredible £3,922,736 Progressive Jackpot win on Christmas Eve!

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Jackpot Joy email campaign banned after ‘misleading’ players

Posted by Robert Alexander on 15 December 2010

LONDON - The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint about a "refer a friend" promotion email after a player at the site had played at the site after being recommended by a friend and felt the promotion was misleading. The email can no longer be sent out to friends of Jackpot Joy players in its current form.

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Tombola Bingo launch new ‘Knock-Out Bingo’ game

Posted by Robert Alexander on 1 December 2010

TOMBOLA BINGO, one of the biggest online bingo sites in the world, and home of innovative games has launched yet another. Knock-Out Bingo is effectively bingo in reverse, meaning that if a number on a players card is called, they are knocked out of the game.

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New side games added to the Microgaming Bingo network

Posted by Robert Alexander on 24 November 2010
Microgaming, one of the leading online bingo software providers, announced this week that it will be adding four new side games to its bingo offering. The company added that this showed its commitment to giving sites on its network and players the best possible gaming experience.

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Vauxhall create a special car as prize for a bingo night

Posted by Robert Alexander on 24 November 2010
MANCHESTER - Vauxhall, one of the UK's most well known car companies, has created a special prize for its bingo night on Wednesday 1st December. A Vauxhall Corsa with bingo balls painted on it, worth over £10,000 will be up for grabs as a bingo jackpot.

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Littlefield Corporation adds two new bingo halls to its portfolio

Posted by Robert Alexander on 17 November 2010
AUSTIN, TX - Littlefield Corporation; the largest public owner of charitable bingo halls in the U.S., operating in the same industry as companies like Florida Gaming Corporation and Empire Resorts, Inc. has announced that it has acquired two more bingo halls to add to its current portfolio. The company's expansion should see its revenue increase over the next period.

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Bingo.com posts $250k loss in third quarter 2010

Posted by Robert Alexander on 11 November 2010

ANGUILLA, WEST INDIES - Bingo.com is undergoing radical changes to try and improve its bingo offering and again posted a net loss of $245,000 as the company builds its partnership with Unibet, who recently took over the running of the site.

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Woohoo Bingo has been nominated for the coveted Social Networking Award at the 2010 E-Gaming Review Awards, held in London on November 24th. 10th November 2010, Alderney – Gambling industry newcomers Intellectual Property and Software (IPS), have been nominated for the Social Networking Award of the Year at the upcoming E-Gaming Review Awards in London for their bingo software which powers Woohoobingo.com.

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10th November 2010, Alderney:- Online bingo specialists European Domain Management (EDM), have been short-listed for the Bingo Operator of the Year award at the upcoming E-Gaming Review Awards in London. EDM runs numerous major online bingo brands across the UK and Europe including Crown Bingo, Bingo Loopy, Bingo.ie and Svenska Bingo and has been a market leading innovator of online bingo products since 2005.

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Gala Coral appoint Carl Leaver as new CEO

Posted by Robert Alexander on 10 November 2010

LONDON - Former Marks and Spencer director Carl Leaver has been appointed CEO of Gala Coral, one of the leading gambling groups in Britain which runs Gala Bingo and Coral bookmakers.

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Playtech revenue increases 17 per cent in third quarter of 2010

Posted by Robert Alexander on 2 November 2010
LONDON - Playtech, one of the biggest online bingo software providers, has released details of its financial results for the third quarter of 2010. Total revenue was up 17 per cent compared to the same period in 2009 to €32.5 million. Total revenue for the first nine months of this year reached €105.4 million, up 25 per cent on last year.

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Foxy Bingo ad given Gothic Rock makeover on Youtube

Posted by Robert Alexander on 27 October 2010

A Foxy Bingo television advert from early 2010 has been given an interesting twist by someone on the video-sharing website Youtube after the soundtrack was changed from a Grease theme to a song by Alternative Rock band Evanescence.

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Ladbrokes boosted by strong bingo results

Posted by Debbie Archer on 11 October 2010

LONDON – Ladbrokes produced a strong set of trading results which were boosted by a 13% growth in revenues in their online bingo business. Ladbrokes Bingo only saw a one per cent rise in their active player numbers in the three months from July to September 2010 but their player base increased losses by 11 [...]

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Mecca Bingo owner Rank Group sees sales rise

Posted by Robert Alexander on 8 October 2010
LONDON - Rank Group, the owner of Mecca Bingo halls and online bingo site has seen its year on year sales rise by seven per cent in the third quarter of 2010 and hopes that its full year performance will see the company make profits of close to £50 million.

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Top Ten Bingo future in the balance after legal battle

Posted by Robert Alexander on 7 October 2010
LONDON - Top Ten Bingo, one of the biggest names in land based bingo halls in the United Kingdom is struggling to survive after legal wrangling over VAT saw closure of 16 of its 40 bingo halls.

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William Hill Bingo unleash revolutionary new Bingo site

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 7 October 2010

They can’t contain their excitement over at William Hill Bingo – with the launch of their revolutionary new-look bingo site. The site offers all of the great features which made the old site so popular, however, William Hill Bingo has given the site a makeover which they believe will be a huge hit with bingo fans. The makeover sees features that make the site more interactive and user friendly.

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Buckingham Bingo could be up for sale

Posted by Robert Alexander on 27 September 2010
MANCHESTER, UK - One of the north's largest independent bingo operators is considering its future as reports suggest that Buckingham Bingo, which runs bingo halls across Lancashire and Yorkshire and other parts of northern England could be up for sale in the near future.

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One lucky William Hill Bingo player could be in line to scoop a whopping £3.4 million on the sites popular Clover Rollover slot. The site has reported a huge increase of users playing the Irish themed slot over the last few weeks – and the team over at the popular Bingo site are expecting the multi-million pound progressive jackpot to be won very soon.

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Newco Entertainment launch social network bingo site

Posted by Robert Alexander on 15 September 2010

LONDON - The operator of Moon Bingo, Newco Entertainment has launched a social networking style bingo site called Gossip Bingo in an effort to tap into the market dominated by Facebook and Twitter.

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Bingo.com buys its own domain name

Posted by Debbie Archer on 3 September 2010

TORONTO - Bingo.com has announced that it has bought its own domain name for a total payment of $900,000 in shares. Confused about how a public company can operate without actually owning what appears to be its primary asset? Then join the party. It turns out Bingo.com, which is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, [...]

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Playtech remains strong in first half of 2010

Posted by Robert Alexander on 31 August 2010
LONDON, U.K. - Online bingo software and network provider Playtech has had a successful first six months of 2010 with gross income up by over 30 per cent to €87.9million. The company has also been busy forging new partnerships this year; with the acquisition of Virtue Fusion and a deal in place with William Hill, Playtech is going from strength to strength.

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Bingo.com post loss for second quarter of 2010

Posted by Robert Alexander on 23 August 2010
Bingo.com has released its financial results for the three months up to June 30th 2010 and despite posting a loss of $27,977, it marks a vast improvement for the bingo site compared to the previous three months and the same period last year. The site also saw revenue decrease a remarkable 76 per cent on the same period last year.

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Gala and Mecca go head to head in charity challenge

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 19 August 2010

Gala Bingo and Mecca Bingo will be going head to head later this month in a 5-aside football match to raise vital funds for their respective charities – Sue Ryder Care and Marie Curie Cancer Care. Despite the friendly rivalry between the leading bingo operators, the two Plymouth-based Gala Bingo clubs and Mecca Devonport will be working together on Monday, August 30 to ensure as much money as possible is raised for charity.

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Party Bingo making impact in industry

Posted by Robert Alexander on 6 August 2010

LONDON, U.K. - Party Bingo, the bingo arm of Party Gaming, one of the biggest online gaming companies in the world, has seen tremendous growth in the first six months of 2010. In a half yearly report for the company, bingo revenues grew more than any other part of Party's games mix.

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Gala Bingo in Woking will be holding a charity Cricket match on Friday, 20 August to raise vital funds for the leading bingo operators’ nominated charity partner, Sue Ryder Care. All money raised from the match at Plough Lane, Wallington, which will see 40 employees fiercely compete for the title, will go directly to help [...]

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Rank sees profit rise; plans to buy new casinos

Posted by Robert Alexander on 3 August 2010
LONDON, U.K. - Rank Group, one of the largest land based bingo and casino operators in Europe has released financial results for the first half of 2010 and the figures are positive for the company with £25.1million profit before tax. This compares favourably to the £24.7 made during the same period last year.

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Gala Bingo hits new heights with 3 Peaks Challenge

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 2 August 2010

Employees complete 24 hour mountain challenge for charity Gala Coral Group raised even more money for charity partner Sue Ryder Care last weekend after 29 employees completed the notoriously tough 3 Peaks Challenge. After smashing its initial target to raise £1m for the charity in 2009, Gala Coral Group pledged to raise a further £500k [...]

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Introducing Tombola Bingo’s newest online game tombola roulette. It’s spintastic and bets start from 5p! There’s a choice of game rooms to choose from including Flamingo, Dunes and Stardust. Simply place your online chips on the board randomly or place them yourself. You even get to see where players are placing their chips. Tombola Bngo [...]

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Playtech expands its Italian Bingo operation

Posted by Robert Alexander on 29 July 2010
ROME, ITA. - Playtech, a leading bingo software provider has announced that Snai and Eurobet, two of the biggest gaming operators in Europe, have signed up to join its ever expanding Italian bingo network. Both are set to begin operations soon, seeing Playtech become the market leader in Italian online bingo.

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Throughout the World Cup, Ladbrokes Bingo offered customers the chance to play in one giant game of bingo using the goals scored during the tournament as the bingo numbers. There was £15,000 up for grabs in total; £7,000 for the full house prize, £5,000 for 2 lines and £3,000 for the 1 line prize.

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Bingo With Added Community Spirit

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 20 July 2010
Tuesday 20th July 2010 (London, UK) – Playtech’s Virtue Fusion Alderney has today launched Multi Balls, a new multiplayer game where players compete against each other for a share of a Community Jackpot. The networked prize pool is accumulated from players on separate games. Matching combinations of balls then pay multiple amounts based on the [...]

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Playtech’s New Blockbuster

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 1 July 2010
Thursday 1st July 2010 (London, UK) – Playtech will exclusively provide Meccabingo.com, part of Rank Group plc, with a bingo variant based on the popular television quiz show Blockbusters through Virtue Fusion Alderney. Released on Tuesday 20th July 2010, Blockbusters Bingo is the latest branded offering from Playtech which creates licensed games in many areas of its best of breed product offering.

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MTV to launch Up Your Bingo

Posted by Debbie Archer on 1 July 2010
MTV will be launching an online bingo site called Up Your Bingo later this month. The site will be run by 888′s Dragonfish division, meaning it will be on the same software as well known sites such as Foxy Bingo, UK Bingo, Cheeky Bingo and Wink Bingo. The sites will target the UK and Irish [...]

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California poker bill decision is bad for online bingo

Posted by Debbie Archer on 30 June 2010
THE chances of online bingo being legalized in the USA took a backward step last night after a bill to allow online poker in California failed to even go to a vote in the California Senate. The bill proposed that online poker would be allowed in California with up to 20 per cent of the [...]

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Party Bingo will not merge with bwin

Posted by Debbie Archer on 28 June 2010
Party Gaming will not merge with European sports gambling giant bwin, according to a senior member of bwin’s advisory panel. It has been strongly rumoured that Party Gaming, owners of Party Bingo, Foxy Bingo and Cheeky Bingo, would merge with bwin to create the largest online gambling group in the world. But Hannes Androsch, bwin’s [...]

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Online bingo in Australia not legal soon

Posted by Debbie Archer on 24 June 2010
Australian legislators have chosen not to legalise online bingo in Australia, despite recommendations from a policy advisory panel. The panel had recommended that online bingo, poker and casino games should be legal for Australians but the communications minister said he believed that the likely rise in problem gambling outweighed any potential benefits of allowing online [...]

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Two online bingo sites set to close down

Posted by Robert Alexander on 24 June 2010
LONDON, U.K. - As the online bingo market in Great Britain becomes more and more condensed with new sites joining the market it is unsurprising that some of the smaller sites in the bingo industry will become casualties

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Gala Coral Restructuring Successfully Completed

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 22 June 2010

Gala Coral, Britain’s largest betting and gaming group, today confirmed that it had successfully concluded a restructuring of the Group’s balance sheet, providing it with a strong platform for future growth. Mezzanine debt holders have converted their £558m holding into equity, and have injected a further £200m in cash, which will go to pay down [...]

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Playtech Wins Three EGR B2B Awards

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 16 June 2010
Tuesday 15th June 2010 (London, UK) – Playtech picked-up three awards at last night’s EGaming Review ceremony, recognising its best of breed Poker and Bingo products. Held at Old Billingsgate, London, the event saw Playtech win both Poker Network of the Year and Poker Software Supplier of the Year, for its leading iPoker network. Playtech [...]

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Unique casino’s second biggest jackpot ever won playing Jack’s Show video poker 15 June 2010 (London, UK) – Regular players at WinADay.com know that when the progressive jackpot gets as close to $200,000 as it was last week it can’t be long before it’s hit. And sure enough, it was! A film student won more [...]

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Bingo winners at eGaming Awards 2010

Posted by Debbie Archer on 15 June 2010
Virtue Fusion, Dragonfish and NYX Interactive were the bingo winners at last night’s 2010 eGaming Business to Business Awards. Olympic silver medallist Steve Cram handed out the awards at the black tie ceremony held at London’s Old Billingsgate conference centre. Dragonfish beat Microgaming and Virtue Fusion to win Bingo Network of the Year while Virtue [...]

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Ladbrokes roomies celebrate bumper bingo wins

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 14 June 2010

Jackpots celebrated as players scoop prizes totalling £50K Ladbrokes Bingo is celebrating the latest in a series of bumper bingo wins after two of its players scooped prizes totalling more than £50k on its progressive jackpots. Lucky roomie ‘maura0’ won £37,781.69 on the mini-game ‘Mafia Millions’, while ‘mumof4boys’ clinched £12,783.35 on the mini-game ‘Thors Thunder’. [...]

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Sheree Murphy created a real stir in Fenton last night when she visited the Gala Bingo club to kick off the leading bingo operators’ World Cup Fever campaign. While her footballer husband, Harry Kewell, is away playing for the Australian team in South Africa, the Hollyoaks actress is fronting Gala Bingo’s World Cup ‘While the [...]

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Win a fabulous VIP makeover worth £5k!

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 11 June 2010

While the boys are away, it’s time to play! Gala TV is offering the football fatigued a chance to win a luxurious new image worth an amazing £5k, as part of its World Cup ‘While the boys are away, it’s time to play’ campaign. Every Friday evening between 8-9pm throughout June, players of the popular [...]

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The Playtech-owned company also judged winner in Best Online Bingo Innovation category by industry panel Wednesday 9th June 2010 (London, UK) – Playtech was a double winner at last night’s Online Bingo Summit Awards through its Virtue Fusion Alderney platform. Virtue Fusion Alderney, the world’s leading developer and licensor of internet bingo products, picked up [...]

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Company’s experts to share insights in panel discussions 08-06-2010 (London, UK) – Thought leaders from GTECH G2 are participating in panel discussions at this week’s Bingo Summit in London where the company’s newest branded side game, Chippendales – the Reel Deal, will be unveiled for the first time. Chippendales – the Reel Deal is the [...]

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Dragonfish chief executive Campos exits bingo

Posted by Debbie Archer on 7 June 2010

The chief executive of Dragonfish, 888′s business-to-business arm, has left the business to pursue his own personal projects. Dragonfish is the bingo software provider to major online bingo brands such as Foxy Bingo, UK Bingo, Think Bingo and Wink Bingo. Gabi Campos will be replaced by 888 chief executive Gigi Levy until a replacement is [...]

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Europe’s leading gambling operator, Gala Coral Group, has secured a place in Business in the Community’s 2009 Corporate Responsibility Index. The Group’s award-winning community partnership with Sue Ryder Care, its strategy on environmental stewardship and leading position on responsible gambling, helped it to achieve Bronze in the UK’s leading voluntary benchmark of corporate responsibility. The [...]

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Costa Bingo agree software extension with Dragonfish

Posted by Robert Alexander on 2 June 2010
LONDON, U.K. - Leading online bingo software provider Dragonfish have signed an extension to their deal with popular online bingo site Costa Bingo. Dragonfish will provide Costa Bingo with a fully comprehensive bingo software solution for another three years up until June 2013.

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Sheree Murphy calls for an end to football boredom

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 1 June 2010

While the boys are away, it’s time to play! Gala Bingo and galabingo.com has teamed up with Sheree Murphy to offer the football-fatigued an escape from all the discussions regarding Rooney’s right foot or England’s penalty shootout chances. While her World Cup footballer husband, Harry Kewell, is away playing for the Australian team in South [...]

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Bingo only bright spot for 888

Posted by Debbie Archer on 28 May 2010

GIBRALTAR - The performance of 888′s bingo operation was the only bright spot as the company issued a profits warning this morning. 888 said that it had “revised its outlook for the remainder of the year and now expects profit to be significantly lower than previous market expectations”. Shares in the company plunged 20% in [...]

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New Player Wins Overdue $163,476 Jackpot at Slotland

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 25 May 2010
After tantalizing players for several weeks, the progressive jackpot at Slotland.com has been hit again for $163,476. A player known as "YUKON", who has only been playing at Slotland a little over a year, won the jackpot playing one of the popular casino's oldest and most popular slot machines, the Golden 8. Normally won every six to eight weeks, the last six-figure win was in early February. For several weeks many players at the all slots and video poker site had been expecting it to be won any minute.

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Another bingo advert banned!

Posted by Robert Alexander on 20 May 2010

888 Ladies have fallen foul of the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) and had an advertisement banned from broadcast after a complaint from one viewer. The banned advert came under scrutiny after it advertised a top prize of £5million for its Golden Ticket promotion.

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Bingo helps boost Paddy Power

Posted by Debbie Archer on 18 May 2010

DUBLIN – Bookmakers Paddy Power said that a strong trading performance in the first four and a half months of 2010 had been boosted by substantial growth at Paddy Power Bingo. Gross win in bingo, casino and games grew by 32% while bet volumes in the Paddy Power’s online sportsbook grew 39 per cent. Profits [...]

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Ladbrokes Bingo roomie celebrates £51k win

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 10 May 2010

Jackpots up to £475,000* are still up for grabs…. Ladbrokes Bingo is today celebrating after one of its roomies scooped a staggering £51,000 on the Pirate Plunder slots mini-game. Speaking about her win, xxali09xx said: “I joined Ladbrokes Bingo a few years ago and love the site. I was so elated when I won. And [...]

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Party Gaming bingo numbers up as players increase

Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 May 2010

GIBRALTAR – Party Gaming, the parent company of Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Party Bingo, Cheeky Bingo and other top online bingo brands has announced a 4 per cent increase in daily bingo revenues during the first three months of 2010. The rise in bingo revenues helped offset a drop in the company’s poker performance, which [...]

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Unibet buys 25.9% of Bingo.com

Posted by Debbie Archer on 5 May 2010

Swedish gambling giant Unibet has bought a 25.9% stake in Bingo.com for $2.25 million. The deal values Bingo.com at just under $10 million. The purchase follows the decision in March to join Unibet’s bingo network, shortly after Bingo.com had announced it was switching software providers from Parlay Entertainment to Cozy Games. Tarrnie Williams, chief executive [...]

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888 says second quarter bingo profits disappoint

Posted by Debbie Archer on 29 April 2010

LONDON – 888, the operator of 888Ladies and Wink Bingo and software provider to Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Cheeky Bingo and many more bingo sites, said that second quarter revenues has been disappointing. A stock exchange announcement said that “Q2 Trading to date has been disappointing in casino, poker and bingo…during the first 25 days [...]

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