Charitable Bingo Allocations Total $3.1 Million For 134 Jurisdictions in 2Q 2010
AUSTIN, Texas (August 17, 2010) -  As a result of charitable bingo activity during the second quarter of 2010 in local communities, 134 Texas cities and counties received a total surpassing $3 million in quarterly allocations, as required by law.......Subscribers

eBingo Site Launches Pod (Play-On-Demand) Games
WINDSOR, Ontario (August 16, 2010) - There’s a new way to enjoy electronic bingo at Breakaway Gaming Centre with the introduction of POD (Play-On-Demand) games. POD offers eBingo players the option to play individually from their eBingo stations in between regular bingo sessions......Subscribers

Bingo Could Be Squeezed By New Gambling Law
CLEAVELAND, Ohio (July 31, 2010) - Some small bingo-hall operators in Ohio are worried that a new gambling law could cripple their efforts to raise money for charities......................Subscribers

Rank Interactive Full-Year Revenue Up 10% on Back of Mecca Bingo Performance
Rank has reversed a decade-long decline in customer visits to its Mecca Bingo clubs during the first half of 2010
UNITED KINGDOM (August 2, 2010) -- Rank Group customer visits rose 0.4pc to 7.52m as a modernized club format and investment in traditional clubs got the numbers up for a business sent reeling by the smoking ban and an enforced cut to the number of £500 slot machines............Subscribers

City Council Clears the Way for a Lucrative New Bingo Hall
SAN JOSE, California (July 21, 2010) - The Richmond City Council has cleared the way for a lucrative new bingo hall in Marina Bay, removing limits on when bingo can operate in the city and adding rules to encourage honest charity games.....Subscribers

Amid Recession, Bingo Figures Down
CHARLESTOWN, West Virginia (July 23, 2010) - Organizers of several bingo games in the Kanawha Valley and across Charlestown, say attendance has been down in recent months at local bingo halls..................Subscribers

Bingo With Added Community Spirit
Multi Balls Part Of New Games Package On Playtech’s Virtue Fusion Alderney Network
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man (July 20, 2010) -- Playtech’s Virtue Fusion Alderney has today launched Multi Balls, a new multiplayer game where players compete against each other for a share of a Community Jackpot.......Subscribers

The Technical Commission of Extremadura Studying Changes to the Catalog of Games
SPAIN (July 17, 2010) -- The Extremadura Gaming Commission will meet on July 22. On the agenda is the modification of the catalog of games, the introduction of sports betting and the draft amendment of the regulation of bingo.......Subscribers

Bingo and the National Lottery, Dragonfish Launches Rollover Bingo with Cashcade
LONDON, U.K. (July 12, 2010) -- Dragonfish, the award-winning independent B2B division of 888 Holdings Plc, today announces the launch of Rollover Bingo, a groundbreaking new services deal with Cashcade through which players can enter the UK National Lottery........Subscribers

Virgin Games Partners With NETELLER to Offer GBP1k Bingo Tournament
LONDON, United Kingdom (July 16, 2010) - Leading online bingo provider, Virgin Bingo, has teamed up with the online payment solutions company, NETELLER (part of NEOVIA Financial Plc), to offer an exclusive £1,000 bingo tournament...........Subscribers

Dragonfish Secures Deal with MTV
LONDON, U.K. (July 17, 2010) -- Dragonfish a leading supplier in total gaming services and a B2B business of the ever expanding 888 holdings empire has recently announced that they have signed an agreement to launch a new bingo product which will launch on the Dragonfish network UK and Ireland..........Subscribers

Entertainment Africa Ltd Has Officially Assumed the Operations of the National Bingo Games
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (July 10, 2010) – According to a local media report Entertainment Africa Ltd has officially assumed the operations of the National Bingo Games.................Subscribers

Vote On Legalizing Bingo Games In Brazil To Be Delayed Until After Elections
BRASÍLIA, Brazil (July 6, 2010) – The Rapporteur (a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings) said on Thursday that the proposal to legalize bingo games in Brazil (Bill of Law 270/03 and others) must be analyzed later this year in Parliament.....Subscribers

Playtech´s New Blockbuster, Classic 1980´s TV Show Comes to Bingo
UNITED KINGDOM (July 1, 2010) -- Playtech will exclusively provide Meccabingo.com, part of Rank Group plc, with a bingo variant based on the popular television quiz show Blockbusters through Virtue Fusion Alderney.........Subscribers

Charitable Bingo Distributions Up In 1Q 2010; Gross Receipts Down Slightly
AUSTIN, Texas (June 23, 2010) - During the first quarter of 2010, charitable bingo distributions climbed by nearly two percent over the same period in 2009, bringing Texas charities $9.1 million in revenue. Gross receipts were $184.1 million, down by 2.29 percent compared to the same quarter in 2009..........Subscribers

Electronic Bingo Offers No Guaranteed Payoff
SAVANNAH, Georgia (June 20, 2010) – Reports Democratic candidate for governor Thurbert Baker has suggested that Georgia legalize electronic bingo to help pay for education.......................Subscribers

Ontario Company to Focus on Satellite Bingo for Nonprofits
ONTARIO, Canada (June 18, 2010) - A local company wants to change how nonprofits play bingo in California, hoping the new approach will lead to bigger prizes and more participants...................Subscribers

Gubernatorial Candidate Favours Gambling Expansion
ATLANTA, Georgia (June 16, 2010) - Attorney General and Democratic candidate for Governor Thurbert Baker came out with a bold idea on the campaign trail today..........Subscribers

The ECJ Issues a Report on the Effect of Reducing Taxation on Bingo Following the Italian Model
SPAIN (June 2010) -- The Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations of the Bingo Game (ECJ), whose president is Fernando Luis Henar, has produced a report on the effect of tax cuts in the sector along the lines of the Italian case......................Subscribers

NYX Interactive AB Acquires the Bingo Network Operator Cashball Ltd.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (June 8, 2010) - NYX Interactive has acquired 100 % of the shares of the Isle of Man based Bingo network operator Cashball from Bonnier Lottery.  Cashball Ltd is one of the newest and the most innovative network operators..............Subscribers

Dragonfish Signs Extension With Costa Bingo
GIBRALTAR (June 4, 2010) - Dragonfish, the independent B2B division of 888 Holdings Plc, has signed an extension to its existing agreement with Costa Bingo...............Subscribers

Dragonfish Signs Extension With Costa Bingo
LONDON, U.K. (June 2, 2010) - Dragonfish, the independent B2B division of 888 Holdings Plc, has signed an extension to its existing agreement with Costa Bingo......................Subscribers

Brazil Bingo Legislation Still On Hold
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (May 28, 2010) -- Legislation to re-legalise bingo in Brazil is being stalled by politicians and may not be passed for some time, the gambling industry has been warned.
Bingo in Brazil has been illegal since February 2004 when ...................Subscribers

Microgaming’s Latest Bingo Side Games Launched, May 2010
ISLE OF MAN (May 25, 2010) -- Microgaming (www.microgaming.com), the world’s largest provider of online gaming software, today launches three new Bingo Side Games to its network of operators. May’s games feature exciting new Video Slot action along with a traditional pub fruity slot.......................Subscribers.

Judge Rules On Electronic Bingo Legality
GADSDEN, Alabama (May 26, 2010) - An Etowah County judge has rejected a lawsuit that sought to determine the legality of electronic bingo machines planned for a gambling hall in the north Alabama county...........Subscribers

La Société des bingos du Québec Finds a New Way to Maintain Its Annual $10m Contribution to Non-Profits
Loto-Quebec’s Société des bingos du Québec to Move Forward with an Avant-Garde Game of Chance Pilot Project Called Kinzo in the Montréal Area in October 2010
MONTREAL, Quebec City (May 20, 2010) – Loto-Quebec’s Société des bingos du Québec Inc. (SBQ) subsidiary is moving forward with a concrete solution aimed at maintaining its average $10 million annual contribution to non-profit organizations......................Subscribers

Supreme Court Rules Gambling Task Force Can Continue Without Attorney’s General Approval
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (May 21, 2010) - The Supreme Court has just ruled that Governor Bob Riley's Task Force on Illegal Gambling, and its legal efforts in court, can continue against bingo operations without approval from the Attorney General..............Subscribers

Bingo Backers Want Piece of Gambling Action
AUSTIN, Texas (May 21, 2010) - Bingo interests are preparing for battle over expanding Texas gambling, with the first fight planned at the federal courthouse as they seek to grab a piece of the action....................Subscribers

Charitable Bingo Allocations for First Quarter of 2010 Total $3.2 Million for 141 Jurisdictions
AUSTIN, Texas (May 20, 2010) - Charitable Bingo players were eager to play their favorite game during the first quarter of 2010, as 141 Texas cities and counties received a total of more than $3.2 million in quarterly allocations, as required by law, for permitting the conduct of Charitable Bingo games in their communities.......................Subscribers

FBI Probe Could Hamper Bingo Bill
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (April 4, 2010) – Reports the timetable for bingo in the House was set for what's left of the 2010 legislative session until last week, but that may have changed with the announcement that FBI and Justice Department investigators from Washington, D.C., were conducting an investigation of bingo's passage......................Subscribers

CEJ Must Lead The Change That Bingo Needs
MADRID, Spain (March 22, 2010) -- Fernando Luis Henar, new president CEJ (Spanish Confederation of Employers Organizations Bingo Game) comes into office with a new partnership approach. Its purpose is to change the current situation that dangerously undermines bingo....................Subscribers

Bingo.com Partners With Unibet for Bingo Expansion
ANGUILLA, British West Indies (March 22, 2010) -- Bingo.com, Ltd. (OTCBB: BNGOF), operator of the popular online gaming community, today announced it has entered into a formal agreement to join the Unibet partner program as a network operator of their multi-language and multi-currency bingo and casino systems...............Subscribers

Gubernatorial Candidate Calls for Statewide Vote on Electronic Bingo
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (March 9, 2010) - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Artur Davis was reported to have said Tuesday that voters should decide the future of electronic bingo this year and.....................Subscribers

Alabama Gubernatorial Candidates Differ On Bingo Issue
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (March 7, 2010) - The candidates trying to become Alabama's next governor have views on electronic bingo that run the entire spectrum...............Subscribers

Florida Taxpayers' Tab in Bingo-Hall Fiasco Tops $6 Million
Ontario Company demands payment in 15-year fight that went to Florida Supreme Court
ORLANDO, Florida (March 5, 2010) – Reports that a legal battle that began 15 years ago over bingo halls in the Orlando area now has a major bill waiting for Florida taxpayers: more than $6 million...............Subscribers

Mecca ‘Binglo’ Clicks With Young Players
Bingo In The Dark Helps To Draw Crowds Back To Halls
LONDON, UK (February 28, 2010) – Binglo is the after-dark version of the traditional bingo game being introduced by Mecca, part of Rank, the gaming group. Designed to attract a younger crowd, it is one of several innovations introduced by Rank to reverse the decline in the bingo sector.......................Subscribers

Effort to Centralize Bingo Purchasing Dropped
FRANKFORT, Kentucky (February 23, 2010) -- As reported today that the state Department of Charitable Gaming hasn’t received any offers to centralize purchasing of bingo supplies and is dropping the effort.......................Subscribers

Electronic Bingo Bill Passes Out of State House
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (January 21, 2010) -- A bill that would allow state-regulated casinos to offer the same games as Indian casinos, as well as shield cruise ship casinos from gambling raids, passed a House committee on Wednesday................Subscribers