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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 [...]
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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Full house in Fenton as Sheree Murphy creates World Cup Fever While the boys are away, it’s time to play!
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 11 June 2010
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 Best Online Bingo Software Award Goes To… Virtue Fusion Alderney
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 10 June 2010
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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GTECH G2 Unveils New ‘Chippendales’ Side Game at Bingo Summit
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 9 June 2010
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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Gala Coral secures place in Corporate Responsibility Index
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 7 June 2010
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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A-May-zing Cash Prizes to be won at Gala Bingo!
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 29 April 2010
Popular online bingo site launches £10k ‘May the cash be with you’ promotion Gala Bingo is using the force this month with its ‘May the cash be with you’ promotion. A fantastic £10k will be up for grabs on the side games of the popular bingo site throughout the month of May. To be in [...]
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Beacon Bingo bought by Praesepe
Posted by Robert Alexander on 20 April 2010
LONDON, UK - UK investment business Praesepe has completed its acquisition of the Beacon Bingo group. As well as now owning the popular online bingo site Beacon Bingo, they have also purchased six bingo halls (including Beacon Cricklewood, the world's biggest bingo club) and 26 Showboat amusement arcades. The investors also take on Beacon's £40 million bank debt.
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Prime Gaming and Dragonfish in Bingo deal
Posted by Robert Alexander on 19 April 2010
LONDON, UK - Dragonfish has signed a deal with Prime Gaming to provide them with a comprehensive bingo solution for two new networks set to be launched soon. The separate bingo networks will target the UK and European online bingo markets respectively.
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Beacon Bingo player scoops £11,023.59 Online
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 15 April 2010
Mariya Andreeva of Cricklewood in London has won a cool £11,123.59 playing Thor’s Thunder at Beacon Bingo On-line! Mariya was playing on her lap top in the living room of her home in Cricklewood when the big win came up. “At first I didn’t believe it” said Mariya “so I phoned my partner at work [...]
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Beacon Bingo sold for £45 million
Posted by Debbie Archer on 13 April 2010
LONDON – Beacon Bingo has been sold to a floated gambling investment company for £45 million. Praesepe, which is listed on London’s AIM market, has bought six Beacon Bingo halls and 26 Showboat branded amusement arcades (also known as Adult Gaming Centres) for £5 million in cash and have taken on the £40 million of [...]
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Gala Bingo players win big in March
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 7 April 2010
Winners of March Madness bingo promotion announced galabingo.com has given away over £30,000 worth of huge prizes to the winners of its March Madness promotion. Twenty-five lucky winners scooped the fantastic prizes, ranging from a BMW Mini Cooper to £5000 to spend on diamonds at Tiffany, by playing bingo games, online scratchcards and Blackjack. Players [...]
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Gala TV reveals British pets are truly man’s best friend
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 7 April 2010
Popular bingo channel reveals pampering habits of our pet-loving nation Britain’s pets are living the high life, according to research revealed today by Gala TV to celebrate the bingo channel’s eagerly awaited ‘Pet Hour’ during April. With half of the nation’s pet owners letting their furry friends sleep in their beds and another 49 per [...]
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Exclusive! Paddy Power bingo launch Player E-zine
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 6 April 2010
The community at Paddy Power Bingo has grown from strength to strength and it’s inspired the team at Paddy Power Bingo to put together an exclusive magazine just for their players – it’s a first for Paddy Power and we think it’s the first ever Ezine of its kind in the gaming industry!
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$5000 for winner of Bingo World Championship
Posted by Robert Alexander on 31 March 2010
The Bingo World Championship, which is in its ninth year, was again hosted by Bingo Entertainment. This year it took place on March 28th and had a total prize pool of $10,000.
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Tombola Bingo ad banned for racial stereotyping
Posted by Robert Alexander on 30 March 2010
Online bingo site Tombola.co.uk has had a recent television advert banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). It was banned because two people complained that it "presented a negative racial stereotype".
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Back by popular demand: Paul Ross to host Gala TV
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 30 March 2010
TV personality returns to popular online bingo channel as guest caller on Good Friday As a special Easter treat, Gala TV is welcoming Paul Ross back to the popular bingo channel on Good Friday to appear on a one-off celebrity bingo show. Having co-presented Gala TV’s popular ‘Hollywood Bingo’ show in February, movie buff Paul [...]
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Gala Bingo reunites a family!
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 25 March 2010
Mother’s £28k win enables her to visit grandchildren in New Zealand Easter came early in Merseyside when one lucky lady found she had won nearly £29k on leading online bingo site, galabingo.com. Such a windfall would be a fantastic treat for any family but this has been extra special for this St Helen’s resident who [...]
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Gala Bingo ticket books to be printed on FSC certified paper
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 23 March 2010
Leading bingo operator makes positive steps to being more sustainable In an industry first, Gala Bingo will be printing all of its bingo books on certified Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) paper from early April 2010. Gala Bingo is the first bingo company to address the environmental impact of its paper tickets and this green initiative [...]
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Four hours of free bingo at William Hill today!
Posted by Robert Alexander on 22 March 2010
William Hill bingo today, like every other Monday in March, offers its players a remarkable four hours of bingo for free. There are four one-hour free sessions spread out during the day, the first starts at 11 am this morning.
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Playtech announces Bingo Licensing agreement with Boylesports
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 17 March 2010
Playtech-owned Virtue Fusion Alderney becomes online bingo supplier to Irish bookmaker
Playtech Ltd, the leading software provider to the online, mobile, TV and land-based gaming sector, is pleased to announce that it has established a bingo licensing agreement with Boylesports.
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New live bingo product launched on Better Bingo Network
Posted by Debbie Archer on 9 March 2010
A revolutionary bingo product is launched tonight on the Better Bingo Network, featuring live presenters on online bingo. Player will login and see a real presenter who chats back to them as though they were in a television audience. Players will chat to the presenter through the bingo chat box and the presenter will chat [...]
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Online bingo in Italy legal again
Posted by Robert Alexander on 9 March 2010
eGaming Review magazine has reported that online bingo in Italy is once again legal after a regional court reversed its decision to suspend laws regulating the game in the Italian market.
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Caesars Bingo site launched in UK
Posted by Robert Alexander on 4 March 2010
LONDON - Harrah's Interactive Entertainment has proudly launched it's Caesars bingo site in the UK. The new bingo site is available to UK players only at CaesarsBingo.com.
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Gala TV gets a fashion make over
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 4 March 2010
Gala TV is welcoming This Morning's fashion expert John Scott to the studio during March to bring viewers all the latest fashion news and help with those style quandaries and frock nightmares. John will kick off this Friday, March 5 by discussing Oscar glamour in honour of this Sunday's world famous glamorous ceremony.
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Bingo growth strong for Party Gaming
Posted by Debbie Archer on 4 March 2010
LONDON – Party Gaming cemented its position as the dominant player in the UK bingo industry with strong growth in its bingo operations in the first two months of 2010, according to a financial update released this morning. Party’s sites include Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Cheeky Bingo, Little Big Bingo and Party Bingo. Daily gross [...]
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Mecca Bingo revenues rise as profits fall
Posted by Robert Alexander on 25 February 2010
Mecca Bingo halls in 2009 increased takings by over £5million (from £227.6million to £230million) compared to 2008 figures. Growth in Mecca Bingo revenue was mostly a result of increased spend per customer as the halls had actually seen a fall in customer visits in 2009.
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Ladbrokes Bingo user scoops £16,888 in 33 balls
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 24 February 2010
Ladbrokes Bingo is today celebrating after one of its customers won £16,888! xxVERYxNICExx has been playing bingo for years, but only started with Ladbrokes recently. She was blown away after finding out she had won £16,888, even though she was playing in another room at the time!
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Gala Bingo reveals the day your luck might be in!
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 23 February 2010
February 27 is officially the luckiest day, according to Gala Bingo who revealed in 2009 they gave away more prize money on that day than any other last year. Top ten Luckiest Days February 27 May 2 June 30 May 1 February 28 January 29 February 6 January 31 February 7 January 24 The leading [...]
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PartyGaming signs with Virtue Fusion Alderney
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 9 February 2010
Developer becomes Foxy Bingo's Swedish supplier Virtue Fusion Alderney, the world's leading developer and licensor of internet bingo products, announces that it will supply the Foxy Bingo brand, owned by PartyGaming, the world's leading listed online gaming business, with its online bingo solution in Sweden.
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Tombola Bingo wins award for most popular online bingo site
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 8 February 2010
Bingo Port 2010 Players Choice Awards were held in London last week and Tombola Bingo were nominated for a staggering six online bingo awards and we went on to win three awards: Most Popular Online Bingo Website Best Online Game Innovation Most Online Bingo Prizes Won The biggest award won was for most popular online [...]
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Aberdeen Bingo Hall to get £1.6million revamp
Posted by Robert Alexander on 8 February 2010
ABERDEEN - The Mecca Bingo hall in Aberdeen will undergo a £1.6million refurbishment after Rank Group, owners of the Mecca Bingo brand, stumped up the money for the project. The planned upgrade will hopefully see more young customers coming to the hall.
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Revenue up but new players down at Party Bingo sites
Posted by Robert Alexander on 3 February 2010
LONDON – Revenues at Party Gaming’s bingo sites rose 25 per cent over the past three months but player numbers fell and new sign ups dropped sharply. Party’s sites include Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Cheeky Bingo, Bingo Scotland and the recently rebranded Party Bingo. Most of their bingo sites were acquired last summer when they [...]
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NYX to Launch New Brand for UK Bingo Portal
Posted by Robert Alexander on 2 February 2010
The online bingo service provider Blueburra Ltd has signed an agreement with NYX Interactive of Sweden to launch a new branded online bingo platform in the first quarter of this year. Steve Cook, NYX Interactive’s Director of Sales & Marketing said, “It is of utmost importance that we can deliver and develop our technology as [...]
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Dartford resident wins £90k with 5p stake!
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 29 January 2010
Lucky player scoops galabingo.com’s cashpot A lucky lady from Dartford has had all her dreams come true after winning more than £90k from just a 5p stake on Gala Bingo. Initially the 50-year-old single mother, whose chat name on the leading online bingo site is ‘theberry’, wasn’t aware she’d hit the ‘Cash Climber’ jackpot while [...]
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William Hill re-signs with Virtue Fusion Alderney
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 26 January 2010
Virtue Fusion Alderney, the world's leading developer and licensor of internet bingo products, announces that it has renewed its agreement with William Hill, one of the best-known names in the gambling industry. The deal will see the continuation of this now well established relationship, with Virtue Fusion Alderney providing William Hill Bingo with its managed bingo service and product, which includes such hugely popular games as Deal or No Deal, Marine Mayhem and Clover Rollover.
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World Record Full House For First Time Bingo Player
Posted by Robert Alexander on 21 January 2010
A first time online bingo player from Gloucestershire has potentially entered the record books just 40 minutes into playing bingo with William Hill. Darryl Howe had just opened his account with William Hill and within the first hour of playing online bingo he was £18,000 richer and had achieved a 15 ball full house in [...]
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Trio link up to expand UK Bingo market
Posted by Robert Alexander on 20 January 2010
Online game show pioneer Amuso has joined forces with gaming operator, Cashball Ltd. and Sweden’s gaming technology provider, NYX Interactive AB, to create a new bingo experience for the UK. The three companies have formed an alliance so they can use all their expertise and industry knowledge to create a major competitor in the UK [...]
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Rank Group achieve 2009 sales growth
Posted by Robert Alexander on 20 January 2010
The Operator of Mecca Bingo halls and Grosvenor Casinos in the UK, Rank Group has posted significant sales growth in 2009, helped by rapid sales acceleration during the final quarter of the year. The improvement in sales at the end of last year means that Rank Groups earnings per share will be at the high [...]
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Gala Bingo reveals the secret to good fortune in 2010
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 13 January 2010
Brits will be making their own luck in 2010, according to new research revealed today by leading online bingo site, Gala Bingo. With a whopping 91 per cent of the nation hoping this year will be luckier than 2009, Gala Bingo has discovered 84 per cent of us will be using the power of thought and a positive mental attitude (PMA) to help make 2010 a lucky year.
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Mecca Bingo revenues flat as customers decline
Posted by Debbie Archer on 8 January 2010
The number of customers going to Mecca Bingo halls in the past 12 months has dropped 4 per cent but the amount customers spend has increased. Mecca Bingo’s parent company, Rank Group plc, announced a 12 and 52 week trading update this morning which showed that revenues were flat year-on-year. In the last 12 weeks [...]
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Bingo Site of the Year 2009 announced
Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 January 2010
The results of the prestigious UK Which Bingo Site of the Year 2009 awards has been announced and the top prize has been won by Ladbrokes Bingo. The site, which only finished 18th in the awards in 2008, beat off Mecca Bingo, who finished second, and Wink Bingo in third place. Tombola Bingo finished fourth [...]
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Predictions for the bingo industry in 2010
Posted by Debbie Archer on 4 January 2010
LONDON – The online bingo industry has seen explosive growth in 2009 so what does 2010 hold for bingo players and gaming executives? Bingo News explores the likely trends. 1. Bingo companies will continue to be acquired/merge – One of the final stories of the year was 888′s acquisition of Daub Ltd, owner of Wink [...]
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888 buys Wink Bingo for £11 million cash
Posted by Debbie Archer on 22 December 2009
Online gaming giant 888 has bought Wink Bingo for an initial cash payment of £11 million and may pay as much as £59.7 million in total, depending on the future growth of the business. Wink Bingo’s brands include Wink Bingo, Posh Bingo and Bingo Fabulous and they are one of the dominant operators on 888′s [...]
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Facebook bans bingo advertising
Posted by Debbie Archer on 21 December 2009
Facebook has reviewed its advertising policies and bingo has been added to the list of ‘morally unacceptable’ products. A Facebook announcement said that they would ban “gambling, including without limitation, any online casino, sports books, bingo, or poker.” Gambling is joined on the list by around twenty other products, including guns, tobacco, spy cameras, nudity, [...]
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Apollo private equity aims to buy Gala Bingo
Posted by Debbie Archer on 21 December 2009
LONDON – Gala Bingo may soon be owned by an American private equity firm after a last minute attempt to take over the company. Apollo has made a proposal to inject £250 million into the company in return for a 50% share in Gala Coral, the parent company of Gala Bingo. The remaining 50% would [...]
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Party Gaming happy with bingo growth from Cashcade
Posted by Debbie Archer on 18 December 2009
Party Gaming’s December trading update, released this morning, said the company was experiencing “solid current trading” and “sequential revenue growth for all product verticals”, including its bingo acquisition Cashcade. Cashcade’s bingo brands include Cheeky Bingo, Think Bingo, Cheeky Bingo and Bingo Scotland. Jim Ryan, chief executive of Party Gaming, said: “”Bingo continues to show substantial [...]
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TeaAndBingo.com Chooses Virtue Fusion Alderney for high-profile launch
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 11 December 2009
Virtue Fusion Alderney, the world's leading developer and licensor of internet bingo products, has been selected by TeaAndBingo.com to become its software supplier. The new site is produced by the UK's leading super-affiliate, Digital Prophets, operators of BingoBase.com. The brand and the bingo community will be the focus of a forthcoming TV advertising campaign to promote the venture, set to launch on Boxing Day.
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Bingo bosses raise charity funds going back to the floor
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 4 December 2009
The session, which was open to the public, saw 10 of the company's directors go ‘back to the floor' with a couple calling two dedicated charity games of bingo and the others serving food and drinks to customers in aid of Gala Coral's group charity Sue Ryder Care.
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Foxy Bingo wins eGaming Review Award
Posted by Debbie Archer on 1 December 2009
Foxy Bingo scooped the eGaming Review Bingo Operator of the Year 2009 Award at last night’s ceremony in London’s Old Billingsgate. Foxy Bingo was one of six companies shortlisted for the highly coveted award. The judges commended them for their large number of networks, their extensive television spend and the launch of Cheeky Bingo. Their [...]
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Gala Bingo chief quits for new job
Posted by Debbie Archer on 26 November 2009
The head of Gala Bingo has resigned to go and take a new job outside the bingo industry. Gala Coral’s managing director of bingo and casino, Simon Longbottom, has stood down and been replaced on a temporary basis by Mark Sergeant. Sergeant was Group Gaming Director of Gala Coral before his promotion and was appointed [...]
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Bingo hall worker wins £1 million on scratchcard
Posted by Debbie Archer on 12 November 2009
An assistant bingo manager at The Palace bingo hall in Felixstowe, Suffolk has won £1 million on a National Lottery scratchcard. But even after scooping a life changing jackpot she doesn’t plan to quit her bingo hall job. Audrey White, 58, didn’t even mean to buy the £5 scratchcard as she planned to buy a [...]
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Gala Bingo’s chat rooms play cupid for two players
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 9 November 2009
Bingo fan Catherine Whitehead hit the jackpot with a full house when she found love while playing on her favourite website - Gala Bingo. Thanks to the chat rooms on the leading bingo operator's website, the 38-year-old's life has been totally transformed and she's now busy planning her wedding!
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Six bingo companies shortlisted in eGaming Review Awards
Posted by Debbie Archer on 29 October 2009
Six companies have been shortlisted for the Bingo Operator of the Year Award in the 2010 eGaming Review sponsored event. The shortlisted companies are Cashcade (Foxy Bingo), Gamesys (Jackpot Joy Bingo), Ladbrokes Bingo, Spacebar Media (Wink Bingo), Tombola and William Hill Bingo. Two of the shortlisted sites run on Virtue Fusion software (Ladbrokes Bingo and [...]
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Bingo mentioned rarely by William Hill and Playtech
Posted by Debbie Archer on 21 October 2009
William Hill and Playtech have both released trading updates in the last 24 hours and neither company sought to mention their online bingo operations in any detail. Playtech said that operational highlights included “launch of a new version of Playtech’s bingo product which will be further boosted by increased liquidity contributed by existing and new [...]
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Foxy Bingo provides big boost to Party Gaming
Posted by Debbie Archer on 15 October 2009
Party Gaming published their third quarter results and the impact of their acquisition of online bingo giant Cashcade is immediately obvious. Cashcade owns Foxy Bingo, Cheeky Bingo, Think Bingo, Little Big Bingo and Bingo Scotland and also runs white label bingo sites, with the biggest client being Mirror Bingo. In the three months to 30 [...]
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Abergele resident wins £67k with 25p stake!
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 13 October 2009
A lucky lady from Abergele, Wales, has had all her dreams come true after winning more than £67k from just a 25p bet on Gala Bingo. The winning player managed to hit the jackpot on the leading online bingo site's popular ‘Galaxy Bingo' side game.
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Deal or No Deal bingo games come to Virtue Fusion sites
Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 October 2009
The world famous Deal or No Deal game show is coming to the online bingo world from today. Virtue Fusion, the software company that powers top bingo sites including Crown Bingo, Ladbrokes Bingo, WIlliam Hill Bingo, Bet365 Bingo, Mecca Bingo, Paddy Power Bingo and Sky Bingo, have signed a deal with Endemol, who own the [...]
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Gala Bingo gets closer to deal with bankers
Posted by Debbie Archer on 5 October 2009
Gala Bingo’s parent company, Gala Coral, is getting closer to agreeing a debt restructuring deal that will see banks reduce money owed by around £540 million. The debt-for-equity restructuring will remove some of the pressure on Gala Coral, who have been in lengthy negotiations with their bankers over the more than £2 billion of debt [...]
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888 to bring online bingo to South Africa
Posted by Debbie Archer on 28 September 2009
Online gambling giant 888 will bring online bingo to South Africa as part of a deal with Tsogo Sun Gaming Group. Tsongo Sun Gaming (TSG) has signed a deal with Dragonfish, the business-to-business arm of 888, to bring a full range of online gambling to the South African market. TSG will launch its own brand [...]
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Arthur Guinness Day at Bingo.ie
Posted by Debbie Archer on 25 September 2009
Irish online bingo site Bingo.ie is celebrating the 250th Arther Guinness Day with a chance for their players to win Guinness branded clothing. Five players who win special chat games at Bingo.ie this weekend (26 and 27 September) will win Guinness hoodies. The appropriately named CM Guinness said: “After a quarter of a millennium of [...]
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Foxy Bingo expands into online shopping
Posted by Debbie Archer on 16 September 2009
Foxy Bingo has decided to diversify its business into online shopping in an attempt to extend its brand away from online bingo. Foxy Street launched this week selling everything from duvets to teddy bears and blood pressure monitors to garden furniture. Players can earn Foxy Bingo bonus points by shopping on the site, which convert [...]
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Parlay posts awful numbers as bingo customers move away
Posted by Debbie Archer on 14 September 2009
Parlay Entertainment, the bingo software company, reported sharply lower revenues and a more than $1 million loss in the first half of 2009, including a $736,061 loss in the second quarter ending June 30. The brutal numbers reflects the loss of some key customers as well as increased costs as the company sets up in [...]
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Bingo.ie set for relaunch next week
Posted by Debbie Archer on 3 September 2009
Bingo.ie, one of Ireland’s leading bingo sites, it to relaunch next week with a set of special promotions and a new CM team. Bingo.ie is one of the few online bingo sites dedicated to Irish players that operates in euros. Many Irish players have had to put up with playing on British sites and playing [...]
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Bingo Boogie to switch networks
Posted by Debbie Archer on 2 September 2009
Bingo Boogie, one of the oldest and best established online bingo sites, is switching networks. Bingo Boogie will be powered by Virtue Fusion software on the Better Bingo Network from Thursday 3 September, according to information released to affiliate managers today. The site is leaving TGN (The Games Network) although other sites under the same [...]
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Gala Bingo online launches fundraising ‘Everest’ game
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 27 August 2009
Gala Bingo is launching a fundraising ‘Everest' link online bingo game to support its team of intrepid employees who are gearing up to trek to Everest Base Camp for charity in October. It is hoped the extreme challenge, which will see a 24-strong team of employees, trek 75 miles and ascending 2,700 metres up the world's highest mountain, will raise £100k for Gala Coral's group-wide charity Sue Ryder Care.
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Dragonfish loses key bingo expert
Posted by Debbie Archer on 13 August 2009
Darren Sims, one of the main bingo experts at 888′s Dragonfish white label business, has left the company. Sims, who was appointed 888′s Vice President of Bingo Offering, has joined Wink Bingo’s parent company, Space Bar Media. The move is a blow to 888 and Dragonfish as Sims was one of the key people at [...]
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Ladbrokes Bingo only bright spot in poor results
Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 August 2009
Ladbrokes Bingo’s strong financial performance was the only bright spot in a poor set of results announced by Ladbrokes plc this morning. Announcing interim results for the first six months of 2009, Ladbrokes said revenues fell 6.6 per cent and profits fell 25.6 per cent in the group overall but bingo revenues grew 29.8 per [...]
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Analysis: William Hill move offshore is bad for bingo
Posted by Debbie Archer on 4 August 2009
Bingo News regularly provides analysis of breaking news in the online bingo market, looking at the likely impacts of company decisions. William Hill’s announcement that they are moving their sportsbook and fixed odds betting operation offshore to Gibraltar is a surprise to no-one. The news has been widely flagged in the press in recent days [...]
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Cashcade bingo sale to Party “not dramatic” says 888
Posted by Debbie Archer on 3 August 2009
The sale of Cashcade to Party Gaming is neither “dramatically positive or dramatically negative”, Gigi Levy, the chief executive of 888 told financial analysts this morning. On a conference call to discuss 888′s second quarter performance metrics, Levy was asked in detail about why he had not bought Cashcade, the parent company of Foxy Bingo, [...]
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Mecca Bingo stabilised and online a priority
Posted by Debbie Archer on 31 July 2009
Mecca Bingo’s bingo hall business has stablised in the first six months of the year and their online business is a major priority, according to their parent company Rank Group. In a trading statement updating the market on the first six months of 2009′s financial performance, Rank Group issued an upbeat statement. Rank’s chief executive, [...]
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Gala Bingo may be spun off
Posted by Debbie Archer on 27 July 2009
Gala Bingo could become a stand alone company as part of a restructuring planned by its lenders. Currently Gala Bingo is part of the Gala Coral group, which also owns a large chain of high street betting shops and casinos across the UK. According to press reports, the Royal Bank of Scotland, who is one [...]
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Party Gaming buys Foxy Bingo for £94.9 million
Posted by Debbie Archer on 23 July 2009
Cashcade, the parent company of Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Bingo Scotland, Cheeky Bingo and Little Big Bingo, has been sold to Party Gaming. Party Gaming will pay an upfront cash payment of £71.9 million and up to £24 million in earn out payments dependent on the company’s future growth. Cashcade made £12.2 million in profit [...]
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Party Gaming ‘days away’ from buying Foxy Bingo
Posted by Debbie Archer on 22 July 2009
An announcement that Party Gaming is buying Cashcade, the parent company of Foxy Bingo, Cheeky Bingo, Bingo Scotland and Think Bingo, is expected within days. A source close to the deal told Bingo News that they were “days away” from completing the deal and that while the management teams had agreed the terms of the [...]
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888 will not buy Foxy Bingo
Posted by Debbie Archer on 17 July 2009
Gigi Levy, the chief executive of 888.com, has said that he will not be buying Cashcade, the parent company of Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Cheeky Bingo, Bingo Scotland and Little Big Bingo. Levy told eGaming Review that although they have the bank facilities in place to fund an acquisition, other rival gaming companies were willing [...]
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Bingo debated in House of Commons
Posted by Debbie Archer on 15 July 2009
The taxation regime on bingo was raised during Treasury questions in the House of Commons yesterday. Sarah McCarthy-Fry, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, took four questions from MPs who questioned why the government was doing so little for the UK bingo industry. Unfortunately there was little to cheer the bingo industry as the minister [...]
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Eyes Down Bingo launches
Posted by Debbie Archer on 15 July 2009
A new online bingo site called Eyes Down Bingo has launched. It offers players free bonus cash without the need to enter any credit card details of other financial information. The site, which has one of the great domain names for an online bingo site (eyesdown.com), runs on Parlay Entertainment software and is part of [...]
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Youths shoot Liverpool bingo hall employee
Posted by Debbie Archer on 13 July 2009
Police are searching for two youths who shot a 65 year old bingo hall employee in Dovecot, Liverpool. The man confronted two youths on a scrambler bike outside the Granada Bingo Hall in East Prescot Road, Dovecot, Liverpool at 9.53pm on Saturday night. He followed the bike through the bingo hall car park before the [...]
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Labour MPs reject tax cut for bingo clubs
Posted by Debbie Archer on 9 July 2009
A proposal to change the taxation on bingo clubs has failed after Labour MPs failed to back the plans. SNP Treasury spokesman Stewart Hosie had proposed an amendment to the Finance Bill which would have cut the tax charged on bingo halls from 22% down to 15%. But in yesterday’s House of Commons debate the [...]
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Mintel publishes new bingo report
Posted by Debbie Archer on 7 July 2009
Market research specialists Mintel have published their latest report on the UK bingo market. The report, titled “Bingo – UK – April 2009″, examines the effect of the smoking ban has had on UK bingo halls and how much it has been affected by the economic downturn. It also looks at the extent to which [...]
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Mecca Bingo player hits £1.2 million Clover Rollover jackpot
Posted by Debbie Archer on 1 July 2009
Bingo News can exclusively reveal that a lucky Mecca Bingo player last night hit the Clover Rollover progressive jackpot and walked away with over £1.2 million. The Clover Rollover slot game’s progressive jackpot has been rising for months and was up to £1,201,233.77 when the lucky Mecca Bingo player hit it. The player hit five [...]
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Mark Jones appointed Mecca Bingo managing director
Posted by Debbie Archer on 29 June 2009
The new managing director of Mecca Bingo is Mark Jones. His appointment was announced to the Stock market this morning. Jones, 48, has held a number of senior management posts in the leisure industry, including chief executive of Pizza Hut UK (while at Whitbread PLC), chief executive of Yates Group plc and most recently as [...]
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Virtue Fusion Wins Best Bingo Software
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 24 June 2009
Virtue Fusion Alderney, the world's leading supplier of Internet bingo solutions, is pleased to announce its award for Best Bingo Software 2009 at the Annual Online Bingo Summit held June 16 at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in London.
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Online Bingo Summit attracts record numbers
Posted by Debbie Archer on 17 June 2009
The Fourth Annual Online Bingo Summit 2009 has attracted record numbers with 329 delegates attending the two day conference. The conference is being held at the Millennium Hotel in Gloucester Road. Organiser Ravi Virpal said: “I’m ecstastic about how things have gone this year and it couldn’t have gone better. But we will make sure [...]
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St Minver bingo operation under new brand name
Posted by Debbie Archer on 8 June 2009
GTech, the parent company of online bingo network operator St Minver, has rebranded their online gaming business as G2. G2 now consists of St Minver, poker and casino software company Boss Media, sports betting software provider FinSoft and online games studio Dynamite Idea. GTech announced the re-branding of G2 at the European Lotteries Congress today [...]
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Crown Bingo sponsors ITV3 Daytime
Posted by Debbie Archer on 2 June 2009
Crown Bingo has announced they will be sponsoring the entire daytime output of ITV3 during June. The huge sponsorshop deal consists of themed bumpers for the beginning and end of shows, as well as during advertisement breaks for programmes between 9am and 7pm. The ITV3 Daytime sponsorship bumpers star Roy and Steffen in a variety [...]
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Who leaked Cashcade takeover talks?
Posted by Debbie Archer on 27 May 2009
Questions are being raised about who leaked news of Cashcade’s potential takeover to The Sunday Times. The owners of Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Bingo Scotland and Cheeky Bingo are on the market for a price tag of between £70 million and £100 million, Business journalist Matthew Goodman, who writes extensively about the gambling industry for [...]
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Diane Wins Charlie Dimmock Garden Makeover
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 26 May 2009
Homecare assistant Diane McNab really couldn't believe her luck when she heard that she had won a Charlie Dimmock-designed garden makeover, thanks to Gala Bingo
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