Bingo News
Below is a list of the latest bingo news.
Canadian publication explores British Columbia Lottery Corporation ambitions
One of the more interesting articles over the weekend was a piece authored by Brian Hutchinson writing in the Canadian publication The National Post on the online gambling ambitions of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (see previous InfoPowa reports).
Hutchinson prefaces his story with the comment...
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With two days to expiry, San Francisco lottery winner finds the right ticket
Bay City News in the San Francisco area reports the heartening story of a lottery winner who nearly lost out on an over $200 000 win.
The woman was cleaning house when she found an old California Lottery ticket and decided to check it out at a nearby convenience store.
To he...
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Will reveal how he did it Friday
The UK media are trying to work out how illusionist Derren Brown managed to fulfil his promise Wednesday night to predict the winning National Lottery numbers (see previous InfoPowa report). But the media, and the public it serves, will not know until Friday when Brown has promised to explain what must surely be a monumental sleight-of-hand.
Channel 4 live television screened Brown's attempt to c...
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ParlayEntertainment revenues plummet 93 percent
Candian bingo software developer Parlay Entertainment is experiencing tough times, judging by its latest financial disclosures, which reveal that the firm has sustained a 93 percent drop in revenues in Q2 2009 compared with the same period in 2008.
Second quarter revenues sank to $696 649 (Q2 2008: $2.38 million), bringing half year 2...
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This illusionist is a confident man
A gimmicky but entertaining addition has been made to this Wednesday's National Lottery draw in the United Kingdom - popular illusionist Derren Brown claims he will successfully predict all six Lottery numbers live on TV minutes before the draw for a GBP 2.4 mi...
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Latest deal is with Begawin.com
Virtue Fusion Alderney continues to enjoy popularity in the online bingo space, and has reported that its latest licensee is Begawin.com, a Malta-licensed Spanish-facing operator launched in 2007 which also offers...
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Email campaign alleged to encourage excessive gambling
The UK Advertising Standards Authority has once again banned a marketing effort - this time by the UK National Lottery - after receiving a complaint from a member of the public about the content in a direct emailing campaign "that could be seen to be encouraging excessive gambling."
Existing National Lottery account holders who had opted in to receive information were sent t...
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Five month old lotto ticket changes this punter's life
The South African media are reporting the extraordinary story of a five-month-old lottery ticket that has changed the life of a local technician and his family in a major way.
It seems that the man, who wishes to remain anonymous, drove around for five months with a lottery ticket worth Rands 20 million (about GBP1.6 million or US$2.5 million) lying in the pocket of his car'...
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Twelfth consecutive losing quarter
The operator of the online bingo site Bingo.com, Bingo.com Limited, has released its unaudited financial results for Q2 2009 showing a twelfth consecutive losing quarter, attributed to rising marketing costs.
The firm's net loss of $266 702, was 13 percent higher than the...
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CEO and board of directors to be replaced as expenses scandal breaks
Sources who predicted massive changes in the management of the provincial lottery Ontario Lottery nd Gaming Corporation over the weekend (see previous InfoPowa report)were spot-on, it appears. The Toronto press Tuesday was replete with news that Finance Minister Dwight Duncan has been cleaning house.
The Globe and Mail reported that the OLG is embroiled in a sc...
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Profit down on weak sports betting, high start-up costs
Lottery systems provider Interlot reported dismal H1 2009 results this week, recording a 30 percent fall in net profit, which management attributed to a weaker sports betting business and high start-up costs.
Nevertheless, CEO Constantinos Antonopoulos remained optimistic that the company would meet its full year targets and...
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As politicians scheme, a shakeup looms
There are reports from Toronto that the apparently error-prone Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation could be in for a shake-up as politicians vie for kudos in straightening out the state company. And it appears that claims of extravagance with the taxpayer's dollar may exacerbate the accusations faced by the OLG Board.
The Toronto Star carried the story, featuring a photograph of CEO Kell...
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More detail on the $333 million winning numbers
Yesterday's report on two tickets winning the biggest Mega Millions jackpot in two-and-a-half-years of $333 million (see previous InfoPowa report) has been followed by a little more detail from the Lottery Post.
The winning numbers were: 1, 17, 31, 37 and 54 with the Mega Ball 31. The Texas Megaplier was 4....
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Friday's draw will see a jackpot of $325 millions - the largest in two years
The latest roll-over on the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has resulted in the largest jackpot in two years, reports The Lottery Post. Friday's draw will see $325 million in the jackpot, hopefully giving a lump-sum payout to some lucky punter of $205 million.
The previous record d...
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US lottery draw Friday ends a succession of roll-overs
The American lottery Mega Millions draw started Friday night with a jackpot of $333 millions after a series of roll-overs when no winning numbers were drawn, and the latest news is that it was a big win for two at present unidentified ticket holders.
The winning tickets, which are now worth an estimated $...
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