Online bingo has been rife with takeovers and buyouts recently, and this latest one sees one of the best online bingo providers bought by a wider gaming operator who’s bingo offering is far from satisfactory. Virtue Fusion have in the last couple of years become one of my favourite bingo platforms, powering some of the […]
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The Results Of The BingoPort.co.uk Player Awards 2009
Well, it’s been a busy weekend for me here in London, catching up with people who work in the online bingo field and finding out about some of the interesting things planned for online bingo players in the near future. More on that in later posts. The main draw for myself happened on Friday night, […]
The End Of The Day Cliché Awards – Online Bingo Advert Clichés
Sigh… There’s been a whole slew of Bingo adverts on the TV recently, and not a single one of them has managed to move me to write anything positive about them. Instead all I’m seeing is cliché after cliché trotted out to try and inspire me to try one cookie cut Bingo site after another. […]
Big Bingo Balls For Ladbrokes Bingo
Well, more advertising news from you from the online bingo world, this time looking at the filming of Ladbrokes Bingo’s next advertising campaign. The advert is being filmed on the streets of Liverpool, with 180 extras rolling giant Bingo balls down the road whilst there’s nods to the defunct Bingo language that online bingo likes […]
Rank, Parlay And Virtue Fusion Takeover News
Well, lots of news the last week around the industry about potential takeovers. Firstly, the FT reports that the Rank Group have another party interested in them, the latest of recent months to declare a major interest in buying the UK group behind the Mecca Bingo chain. The Asia based Guoco currently only have a […]
Duke Chasing Rank
There’s been more movement in the chase for Mecca the last couple of weeks that I’ve yet to catch up with. Just before Christmas, the private equity group Duke Street Capital made an offer to buy Rank. Speculation about a take over at Rank continues, and Duke Street Capital join the list of parties associated […]
Scottish First Minister Backs Bingo, Rank Rejects Harrah’s
Alongside the excitement of the Bingo Caller Of The Year competition, a couple of other stories caught my eye over the weekend relating to Bingo’s ongoing plight. The first one includes a Bingo caller who’s a long way from entering the big event, but none the less could have some an important part to play […]
And A Quick Bingo News Round Up
As I’ve been busy preparing for and attending the Online Bingo Summit, I’ve been a bit neglectful of the news, so here’s a quick round up of some other interesting Bingo news from the last week or so. We’ll start with some big jackpot news. Mecca Bingo can claim the crown for creating the first […]
Stan James Bingo With Parlay Software
Stan James, the UK betting chain will soon be joining the likes of fellow bookies such as William Hill and Ladbrokes in offering online bingo. The provider of my favourite online bingo platform, Parlay, will be supplying the software thanks to an agreement between the two companies announced this week. Now, there could be a […]
Globalcom Limited Bought By 888
Big news in the online bingo world – the Bingo network provider Globalcom Limited has been bought by the online gambling firm 888.com. The Chief Executive Officer of 888, Gigi Levy said it was purchased with the aim of “diversifying our product offering”. 888 are not the first of the UK’s big, publicly traded, online […]
