Bingo News

Below is a list of the latest bingo news.

Hong Kong listed mobile technology company VODone has introduced a mobile lottery service in China. Authorised by the Heilongjiang Welfare Lottery Center, VODone has become one of the first authorised service providers of a mobile lottery betting service for mobile end users in China. A service agreement with a term of 96 months of cooperation has been signed by both parties under which the VODone will be entitled to an undisclosed...

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Bullet Business has announced dates for the 4th Annual Online Bingo Summit which takes place June 17th – 18th 2009 at London’s Millennium Gloucester Hotel. The summit is again set to sell out with over 85 companies already confirmed to attend including Mecca Bingo,...

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After months of haggling with the Portuguese government over its discriminatory tax practices on lottery winnings, the European Commission has referred the issue to the European Court of Justice for a judicial ruling. The row has its roots in the Portuguese government's insistence on taxing foreign lottery winnings whilst domestic prizes remain exempt, thus prejudicing lottery providers outside the country in contraventi...

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Bingos.co.uk is offering major prizes, this time to the top affiliates in the bingo sector, is Bingos.co.uk, which this week announced that it would be putting up five cars, including a Porsche Boxster and BMW M3, to be won by top performing affiliate marketers using its Income Access program. The promotion is valid until the end of December 2009 and winners will be decided monthly, based...

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Online bingo software developer Virtue Fusion Alderney, has been chosen by UK gambling group Talarius to provide bingo for its new Quick Silver Games.co.uk (formerly known as Cyberslotz) website. The launch of Quick Silver Games this week represents the first Maltese licensed operator to appear on Virtue Fusion’s increasingly impressive sales record. “We are delighted to be launchi...

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Increases in the already heavy taxes on drinking, smoking and gambling were included in the British government's latest budget proposals, although these were largely overshadowed by the boost in general tax rates for those earning over GBP 150 000 p.a., who have been hit with a 50 percent tax rate as the Chanellor continues to attempt to buy the economy out of recession. Of immediate concern to provide...

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Following an international competitive process, Intralot S.A. has been selected by Hrvatska Lutrija, the department responsible for the Croatian State Lottery, as the successful provider of a complete interactive gaming system and new-generation 3D Internet games. The contract will have an initial duration of one year and may be extended for consecutive one-year periods. Intralot spokesmen said the company had analysed all the techn...

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Reports which first surfaced in the UK's Sunday Telegraph newspaper this weekend indicate that most of the principal shareholders in Britain's national lottery organiser Camelot are interested in selling their stakes in the company, which has operated the lottery since 1994 on a mandate from the British government. Camelot renewed its mandate for a further ten years in 2007. Quoting company spokespersons, the newspaper opined that t...

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Dominic Mansour, CEO of Bingos.com and Director of Sales and Marketing at NetplayTV group in the UK is moving on to new challenges after a year with the London listed company. In a statement this week, NetPlayTV chairman and CEO Martin Higginson announced Mansour's immediate departure in search of new opportunities, commenting: "'Over the past 12 months Dominic has helped us integrate the Bingos.com business into the Group. It has b...

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The "finders keepers, losers weepers" story of a Swindon housewife who cashed in a winning lotto ticket she found on the floor of a supermarket made many UK newspapers this week. The Daily Express reported that Amanda Stacey (34) picked up the lotto ticket off the floor of a supermarket, took it home and was delighted to discover that it was a winning ticket worth GBP 30 000. But instead of handing the ticket in, she and her hus...

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OPAP, which operates the Greek government gambling monopoly, and Turkcell, Turkey's largest mobile phone operator have lodged seperate bids for the soon-to-privatised national lottery Milli Piyango. The tender, held by the Privatisation Administration (OIB), is for a 10-year licence to operate the Milli Piyango lottery. It is still not immediately clear when the results of the tender competition, which involves a number of large cor...

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Nevada lawmakers in the Assembly voted 31 - 11 this week in favour of a proposal to introduce a state lottery in the gambling state, despite fears that such a move could compete with slot machines and other games of chance. The measure now goes to the state Senate for further debate and ultimately a public vote. AJR7 is the latest version of a plan that has failed to w...

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Small wonder there are US states alarmed by the popularity of Internet gambling; the results of a survey released last week by Frost & Sullivan indicate that lottery sales have the potential to increase by 127 percent, plugging holes in state budgets....but...

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The satisfying prospect of a gang of lotto fraudsters meeting their comeuppance features in a story in The Register this week, which reported that Somerset police have busted a bogus lottery winner scam following a raid on a cheque processing and clearing house. Readers will be familiar with the letter-based scam at the centre of the raid, where the fraudste...

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According to a Turkish Press report the bidding for the Turkish lottery privatisation contract is now less competitive following the withdrawal of local group Dogan Holding and its Italian partner Lottomatica. Both companies had already met the government's preliminary requirements for bidders. Dogan advised the stock exchange that it's withdrawal was due to adverse market conditions, but little more is known beyond that. In a s...

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