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The £10,000 guaranteed jackpot thing that I first saw at Wink Bingo seems to be catching on in the online bingo industry. The latest version of this is taking place at Think Bingo, one of the original online bingo games sites in the UK, where they are offering online bingo players £10,000’s worth of guaranteed jackpot games every week throughout May.

Cards will cost between 50p and £1 and players will be able to win anything from £100 to £1,000.

It warms my heart to see this kind of commitment by a Bingo Street-rated online bingo operator and I hope we will see more of it. It will be interesting to see how Wink responds to this now that they have set the standard.

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Did I call this right, or what?

A UK judge has ruled in favour of two women who sued their sister for a share of a £50,000 land bingo. Linda Kenny and Doreen Thomas have successfully sued their sister Edna Sexton over a broken promise share bingo winnings.

Mrs Sexton originally won the £50,000 playing bingo at the Buckingham Bingo Palace in Hunts Cross, Liverpool, in June 2007.  she subsequently refused to share the prize win with two sisters who argued there had been a standing agreement between the three to divvy out all winnings.

The judge awarded the sisters £17,463 each – and here’s where I called this right; Kenny and Thomas say Sexton has already spent the cash!

I wonder if she spent any of it playing online bingo games or joining one of the many UK online bingo halls you can visit on Bingo Street.  I bet she now wishes she had now that she has to fork out nearly £35,000 she no longer has.

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It’s all over for Jesper Kärrbrink, the now former CEO at Sweden’s gambling monopoly Svenska Spel.   Kärrbrink is leaving his post due to conflicts with the company’s directors on how the Swedish gambling monopoly needs to be run.

Or is it?

“Lately it has become obvious that my ideas on how to run Svenska Spel do not agree with the conception of the owner,” Karrbrink said about his departure. “Therefore, I and the Board have reached a mutual understanding that the best thing to do in this situation is that the Board finds a successor as CEO.

“My years with Svenska Spel have been fantastic, I will remember them with much delight – especially all the wonderful co-workers and their incredible commitment,” he said.

The recently appointed Svenska Spel board chairperson Margareta Winberg has issued her own statement concerning Kärrbrink’s departure:

“I regret that Jesper Kärrbrink now leaves Svenska Spel,” said Winberg. “He has been a creative leader and has re-organised Svenska Spel in an efficient way. But I also understand Jesper’s situation. If you do not share the owner’s fundamental perspective on how the company should be governed you can no longer be the leader of the company.”

Those of you who have been following the stellar growth of online bingo in the Scandinavian market will also be aware of the pressure being put on Sweden’s gambling monopoly by the European Commission.  It’s this pressure that is obviously behind Kärrbrink’s resignation.

Kärrbrink has done a great job at Svenksa Spel where the company has seen excellent growth over the years to become a powerhouse in online gaming, including online bingo games. Kärrbrink has also signed an agreement not to work for a competing company for one year.

So what happens in one year?  Will we see Svenska Spel confronted by the double whammy of losing its monopoly status and the emergence of Kärrbrink at a competing company?   I wonder if Kärrbrink will take his expertise into the bingo online industry if he does decide to stick with online gaming.  After all, the market for those who play online bingo in Sweden is one of the most robust in the world.

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If you want to see an example of the kind of online bingo fun that makes me sit up and take notice, take a look at Wink Bingo’s totally mad give away of £10,000 on the 10th of every month at 10pm – and it’s a guaranteed thing to boot.

All you have to do is remember the number 10 to remember where some of the best online bingo games action is taking place.

Wink are definitely committed to pushing the limits of bingo online and there are rumours bingo online’s newest site is planning something special for the future.  As soon as I know what it is I’ll be sure to let you know.

In the meantime, if you’ve not yet enjoyed a taste of the Wink way to play online bingo, why don’t you take advantage of Wink’s £10 free registration offer and their 200% welcome bonus on your first deposit of up to £200.  And then you can look forward to a crack at that £10,000.

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Looking at yesterday’s Bingo Street news I saw an article reporting that Gala Bingo, a very fine online bingo site, was claiming the most winners in online bingo.  I quote:

Gala Bingo, a popular online bingo hall you can access through online bingo portal Bingo Street, is claiming it has more online bingo games winners that any other bingo online site.

Gala’s claims centre around its fixed 50p win in its One-To-Go games, a process the site claims can be converted into many extra wins because a win of 50p can then buy an online bingo player 10 extra cards, thus multiplying the chances of more wins.

This is clever marketing and my hat goes off to those who dreamed up this claim based on wins of 50p.  But I think we can all agree that the prizes we all take notice of are the big money prizes, a case in point for the argument of quality over quantity as a true measure for online bingo prizes.

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A nasty little dispute has erupted between three UK land-bingo playing sisters who are taking each other to court over a £50,000 win according to a Sky News report.

Siblings Linda Kenny and Doreen Thomas are teaming up against their sister Edna Sexton in a bid to get an alleged share of the £50,000 that they say she backed out on paying.  The two plaintiffs say they had all agreed to split the winnings three ways after the win on a National Game ticket at the Buckingham Bingo Palace in Hunts Cross, Liverpool last June.

Both Linda and Doreen are suing Edna for £16,666 each plus interest.

In her defence, Mrs Sexton says the three sisters had made a different agreement in which payments over £1,000 were not split.

According to Sky News, the case continues.

My bet is that Edna has already splurged on the winnings and doesn’t have any prize money left to split.  As for Linda and Doreen, maybe they should think about getting involved with an online bingo hall and putting their efforts into learning how to win and play online bingo games.  There are plenty of great prizes to be won in online bingo, such as Wink Bingo’s £1,000 Guaranteed Jackpot – now there’s something they could put their effort into.

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With the upcoming 3rd Annual Online Bingo Summit starting take centre stage in the online bingo industry, I thought it might be a good idea to have a look in detail at some of the important online bingo issues that will be discussed at this important event.

Sponsored by Parlay Entertainment and taking place on June 17th – 18th at the Royal Garden Hotel, London, the event will concentrate on discussing the size of the overall European online bingo landscape. To kick things off in this department, Warwick Bartlett of the Global Betting and Gaming Consultancy will deliver a session involving realistic market estimates and projections and what operators can expect from the biggest online bingo playing communities around Europe.

Other notable highlights on the agenda this year will include the proliferating role that television plays for bingo online with Simon Collins of Foxy Bingo delivering a session entitled “From the remote control to the mouse”. This session will explore the impact of TV advertising on SEO’s & Affiliates and will provide realistic conversion figures for operators looking to market through the small screen.

“The numbers are certainly looking good with a 19% increase in player levels, heightened interest and the establishment of a real online bingo business community” says Ravi Virpal, Director of Bullet Business, the main organizer of the event. “Increases in player numbers encourages operators from all over the online gaming industry to move into bingo and at the same time allows the annual Online Bingo Summit to grow substantially.”

Virpal continues: “From 180 attendees last year to a minimum of 250 this year, the Online Bingo Summit is the very best place to meet with, learn from and do business with the leading Online Bingo operators, developers and providers.”

With well over 100 attendees already confirmed this year including Mecca, Gala, 888, PartyBingo, St Minver, Sky Bingo, Svenska Spel and more, the annual Online Bingo Summit is looking bigger than ever expecting well over a 19% increase in delegate numbers!

If you are interested in attending this special event, and I recommend you do so, you can contact Sophia Quilter, Marketing & Communications at Bullet Business: Sophia@bulletbusiness.com

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Hi everybody out there in online bingo land!

I just had to let you know about the upcoming 3rd Annual Online Bingo Summit taking place on June 17th – 18th in London at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington. This is one of the most important events in the online bingo industry’s calendar and anyone who really loves online bingo simply has to get along to it.

If you have ever thought about starting your own online bingo club, or joining the money making fun by running your own online bingo games, this is the event for you. Bingo Street is going to be there and so will a lot of other really interesting online bingo people.

Bullet Business is the driving force behind this major industry event and the issues up for discussion at this event are at the heart of what is going on in our game.

Personally I can’t wait for the day and I hope to see some of you there. Maybe we’ll get the chance to help shape the future of online bingo – wouldn’t that be exciting?

Your Fanatical Online Bingo Correspondent,

John Witherspoon

PRESS RELEASE – THE 3RD ANNUAL BINGO SUMMIT

Online Bingo continues to explode and reaches the top in 2008

The explosion of internet sites across the European iGaming space… the continued rise of internet penetration in Central and Eastern Europe… Proactive marketing campaigns deployed by operators, affiliates and agencies. These are all contributing factors to the evident continued success of the Online Bingo market. Estimated to top $1.0 billion by 2010, it is not difficult to see how this underdog product is fighting its way past the others to become the most popular online gaming product around today.

Steve Cook, European MD at Parlay Entertainment who will be speaking at the upcoming 3rd Annual Online Bingo Summit taking place on June 17th – 18th in London says “Online Bingo is the fastest growing sector in iGaming and continues to expand at an impressive pace”
Phil Fraser, Founder of Which Bingo who will be chairing the summit highlights the need for the online gaming community to come together in order to maintain the levels of growth online bingo is experiencing today “As online bingo continues its meteoric growth and development, so does the need for informative discussion, debate and interaction within the industry.”

Commenting on the excitement that the online bingo industry is experiencing, Dominic Mansour, CEO at Bingos.com tells us “The Online Bingo space is gearing up to corner a large slice of the online gaming sector… things are very exciting right now.”

“One thing is for sure, Online Bingo is set to grow significantly this year” says Ravi Virpal, Director at Bullet Business and continues “the Online Bingo Summit this year is completely focused on the bingo operators and their need to attract big spending online bingo players, how to secure customer loyalty and of course the push into new profitable European landscapes such as Scandinavia… The response has been overwhelming with over 50 companies already signed up to attend”.

Speaking about the event following a successful sell out show last year Michael Braga, Group Marketing Director for Jackpot Joy offers his thoughts “Bullet Business’ annual Online Bingo Summit is a great event and a fantastic platform for the bingo industry to meet and discuss opportunities and challenges being encountered by the bingo industry today.”

You can find out more about the summit [www.bulletbusiness.com/bingo08] by calling Bullet Business at +44 (0)20 7375 7575.

Contact
Sophia Quilter
Bullet Business
Head of Marketing
+44 (0)207 375 7577
squilter@bulletbusiness.com

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Reports that UK land bingo club operator Mayfair Gaming is to receive a £10 million cash injection from Hermes Private Equity to “shore up its investment,” is yet more evidence of the troubled future facing land bingo as it grapples with a smoking ban, a tough tax regime and (wait for it!) the “credit crunch”.

I have no doubt that the demise of Northern Rock and Bear Sterns in the US is somehow directly related to the sliding fortunes of the land bingo industry.  These days, slip on a banana peel and ‘it’s the credit crunch’ that is obviously to blame.

Maybe I’m being too harsh on those who now invoke the credit crunch as responsible for their woes.  After all, even titans of Wall Street have succumbed to this financial crisis we have all been hearing about.

But what about online bingo and those online bingo games operators plying their trade in these ‘credit crunch’ stricken times?  Have they been affected?  Let’s see what the evidence says.

According to a report by BingoPort.co.uk, a UK-based bingo information site, its traffic data shows an increase of 19% in the number of daily players taking part in online bingo games at UK online bingo halls.  Not bad in a time of financial crisis, eh?

It would seem online bingo is somewhat ahead of the game when it comes to beating the effects of the ‘credit crunch’, the smoking ban and a double tax regime.  I know which flavour of bingo I’ll be betting on to thrive in the tough times we are all being told is about to break upon us.

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