Bingo News
Below is a list of the latest bingo news.
Stats Canada reports on the 2009 numbers
Net revenue from provincial government-run lotteries, video lottery terminals, casinos and slot machines not in casinos totalled Cdn$13.75-billion in 2009, essentially unchanged from the year before, Statistics Canada reported this week.
The monitoring agency revealed that revenue from gambling plateaued at roughly Cdn$13.7-bi...
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Canadian punter loses out on Cdn$30 million lottery payout.
A player in the Atlantic Lottery Lotto Max missed out on a Cdn$30 million win last week by declining to purchase an incorrectly issued ticket in a convenience store.
Store owner Shawn Noel told CBC News: "The [clerk] printed it off and made a mistake on the machine, and it came out $27. She offered it to the customer but she said, no, she didn't want it."
The customer...
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New games being offered to licensees and white label clients alike
The online scratch card specialist NeoGames has added a further two multi-lingual and localised games to its inventory, and has begun releasing the new offerings to its licensees and white label clients.
'Outer Space' is an extra-terrestrial themed multi-scratch slot title, which has been released along with a similar game with a carnival theme branded 'Triple Carn...
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Camelot's Cars and Cash supported by major ad. campaign
The latest Cars and Cash scratch card game being offered by Camelot, operator of the UK National Lottery, will be backed by a major, month-long television, PR and print campaign which will kick off during the first episode of the new series of 'The X-Factor', broadcast on ITV1 this weekend.
The 30 second television ad. is a sequel to Camelot’s ongoing ‘Put some play in your d...
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Multi-lingual website offers 70 scratch card and instant win games
The online scratch card specialist Neogames has announced the launch of its latest white label, a 70 game website branded GoScratch.com which has been developed for Play Avenue.
Games on the site, which is available in 14 different language versions, include a wide range of scratch card and instant win offerings.
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Play Online Bingo At BingoBeez For Twice The Fun And Double The Money
Playing online bingo is turning into twice the fun for half the money with BingoBeez, as between midnight and 11.59 EST on August 12th, 2010 any amount deposit to an active account over $20 will be doubled. The massive 100% match bonus promotion comes just days after the announcement that the 3...
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Launch of Bingo Cove is imminent
888.com's b2b subsidiary Dragonfish has announced the imminent launch of a new online bingo site branded Bingo Cove.
The new site will offer 75 ball and 90 ball bingo games as well as a wide selection of side g...
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Euro 11.7 million payout in May this year exceeded statistical average
The German online lottery firm Tipp24 AG has had to reset its annual financial forecast following a massive Euro 11.7 million win at subsidiary MyLotto24 three months ago.
A statement from the Hamburg-based company reveals that the total amount it paid out in lottery wins in the first half of 2010 exceeded the statistical average by Euro 17.9 million, which led...
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Tombola reaches agreement with Sunderland FC
The proprietary software-powered online bingo site Tombola.co.uk has clinched a sponsorship deal with the UK Premier League club Sunderland AFC and will make its debut at the football club's first home game - against Birmingham City - on August 14th.
Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn said this week that the football club and the gambling sit...
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Out-of-luck former lotto multi-millionaire to invest in the donkeys
The 27-year-old UK man who has become notorious as the 'lottery loser' by blowing through a GBP 9.7 million lotto win in eight years, has told friends that he plans to recoup his fortunes by investing in a friend's online gambling site.
This week former bin man Michael Carroll hit the Daily Mail headlines again when...
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Rabcat has worked with the video gaming industry's biggest
Win2Day, the internet gambling division of Casinos Austria, has acquired the respected 3D video gaming software provider Rabcat for an undisclosed consideration.
Vienna-based Rabcat was formed in 2001 and has worked on high quality 3D video gaming projects with major companies like Microsoft, Atari and Disney Interactive and...
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Leicester City joins growing stable of clubs going online
The Weather Lottery's online gambling venture FCBetz.com involving UK football clubs signed its fourth licensee this week in Championship football club Leicester City FC.
TWL raises funds for non-profit organisations such as sports clubs, schools and universities through organised FC Lotto lotteries, but has recently and addi...
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Online gambling software provider contributes millions to group earnings
GTechG2, the Lottomatica subsidiary that develops internet gambling software and includes Boss Media, Dynamite Idea, Finsoft and St Minver, is one of the star performers in the second quarter 20...
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Gratis Bingo.dk follows the free bingo trend pioneered by St Minver and Costa Bingo
Danish bingo fans are being offered a free bingo site at Gratis Bingo.dk, with the chance to win sponsored prizes that include everything from cars to vacations.
“Up until now, Danish online bingo sites have offered semi-free bingo by giving a standard free-money bonus when you sign up and deposit,” s...
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Bingo Me Happy.com is owned by UK firm 15 Marketing Limited
888.com’s Gibraltar-licensed bingo software provider Brigend Limited has reported the launch of another of its clients, branded Bingo Me Happy.com.
The new site is owned by Hertfordshire, UK-based 15 Marketing Limited.
Managing director Ben Star say...
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