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July 4th, 2008
In the week that was in online bingo industry news we’ve seen a man from Notts crowned Euro Bingo Champion, former Foxy Bingo front celeb Katie Price vindicated as a caring parent and land casino unions decide they are going to target online gambling as a threat to their existence. We have also seen how the failing land bingo industry has welcomed UK government efforts to allow more gambling machines per bingo hall in an attempt to resuscitate land bingo profits. However, my favourite part of the week was reading a Bloomberg article that identifies online bingo games as one of the better bets for growth in the coming year. Here at Bingo Street we’ve been saying this for ages. With online bingo halls like Wink Bingo and All Bingo Club continuing to set the bar higher for bingo online excitement, I think it’s a fair call to say “Bingo’s future is online!” So remember, when you play bingo online, your taking part in one of the fastest growing sectors in online gaming - which means the prizes and the action are only going to get better. And the best place to find out just how much better it’s going to be to play online bingo is Bingo Street! Written by John Witherspoon – How about playing bingo online? The best free online bingo games are just one click away. |
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July 3rd, 2008
As online bingo continues to expand and pick up where traditional land bingo is leaving off, we are more likely to see more player-friendly deals being offered by online bingo halls like the one recently put out by Gala Bingo and the Nectar Card loyalty scheme. The fact that Nectar Card seems happy to engage with the bingo online industry is yet more proof that people who play bingo online can expect even more benefits to come their way in the future as this growing game continues its march forward. And at Bingo Street, we’ll continue to scour free online bingo to make sure you know which online bingo halls are pushing the envelope in providing you, the player, with better and better deals. Today, why don’t you pop over to Wink Bingo and see what they’ve got on offer this July – you won’t be disappointed! Written by John Witherspoon – Need the best online bingo games? BingoStreet.com collected the best online bingo promotions and free bingo games online. |
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July 2nd, 2008
It’s currently sitting in the number two position on Bingo Street’s Top Five, so I was interested in seeing what’s going on at the All Bingo Club online bingo hall – and I wasn’t disappointed. Right on the start of the month All Bingo Club has launched an exclusive, month-long Count Our Balls promotion aimed at rewarding one lucky player with £2,000 worth of holiday vouchers. The promotion is all about All Bingo Club’s virtual bottle of bingo balls in which you get to how many online bingo balls are in the container, and the person who guesses the exact amount, or the closest to the actual amount without going over the exact number, will win the prize. Sure, it’s a variation on the school fair ground jellybean competition, but it’s a nice way to take a chance on a generous £2,000 prize. And how many balls do you think I think there are? Well, that’s for me to know and hopefully for me to win! Written by John Witherspoon – Become a part of a great online bingo community. Play online bingo chat games at BingoStreet.com |
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July 1st, 2008
In some recent comments by online bingo games expert Saumarez-Smith concerning the growth of the online bingo industry, I was particularly interested the reported comments made by Warwick Bartlett, chairman of U.K.-based Global Betting and Gaming Consultants. Speaking at the Bingo Summit conference recently held in London, Bartlett emphasized that bingo online is still a fairly immature sector of the online gaming industry when compared with online casinos and sports betting. “We estimate that by 2012 online bingo will account for 25 percent of the worldwide betting market and deliver profits in excess of $2 billion,” he said. “As broadband penetration increases, people become more conscious about the cost of driving to real-world bingo halls,'’ Bartlett said. “When they find that they can’t smoke when they get there, playing online bingo from home becomes more and more attractive. From a customer point of view it is a great gambling proposition at a very low cost,'’ he said. I couldn’t agree more. Visit Bingo Street and play online bingo now. Written by John Witherspoon – How about playing bingo online? The best free online bingo games are just one click away. |
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June 30th, 2008
Bingo Street visitors who regularly read this blog will know my views on the future land bingo versus the growing market for bingo games online. It’s my opinion that there is a wholesale change in gaming habits taking place amongst player that is taking them away from traditional bingo halls and casinos and on to the Internet where online bingo still remains one of the fastest growing niches in online gambling. I’m stating my opinion again because major financial heavyweight JP Morgan has recently come out with a depressing series of predictions for the Las Vegas land gambling sector. According to analysts at JP Morgan the banking giant sees the second half of 2008 as being particularly difficult for the land casino operators. JP Morgan analyst Joseph Greff said: “We expect this summer to be one of the worst on record, with meaningfully discounted room rates and special discounted package deals.” He further noted that reduced airline capacity and high oil prices are affecting land gambling at a bad time for the Strip. To me the evidence just mounts up. Better to play bingo online in this current economic climate and better to be an online bingo games operator than involved in anything to do with the land gambling sector. Written by John Witherspoon – How about playing bingo online? The best free online bingo games are just one click away. |
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June 27th, 2008
Barney Frank’s valiant attempt at injecting a bit of sensibility into US online gambling policy has failed. Regulations forcing banks to police online gambling transactions in the US will go ahead and we will all be the worse off because of it. I would say this is a disastrous decision – not necessarily for online bingo – but for the US policy making process as a whole which fails to see that regulated online gambling is the only civilized way to ensure a fair, safe and responsible industry. One of the most impressive things about bingo online since the hated UIGEA law came into effect has been its ability to expand into new, friendlier markets. There is no doubt that your average online bingo games operator would love to see the return of access to the lucrative US market, but that is obviously not to be. Oh well,… let’s just sit back here in the nicely regulated UK, play bingo online, and watch as financial transactions and the banks that run them in the US get more and more convoluted – as if US banks at this time needed even more crap to have to deal with. Written by John Witherspoon – Come and play online bingo at its best! The best bingo games online are one click away. |
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June 26th, 2008
Well, we got the announcement everyone was expecting regards the government’s attempt to help the land bingo industry by upping the number of jackpot slot machines in bingo halls. They now can look forward to a whole eight machines instead of the four – should double their profits, that! I think this is pretty ‘scraping the barrel’ stuff for land bingo which is losing customers hand over fist at the moment. Some blame the smoking ban and the tax laws – I blame a wholesale attitude change by people who want to play bingo online instead of in some tired musty old hall. In the online bingo industry we don’t need to substitute bingo games for something else to succeed in bingo. Our players can play slots if they want, but the real attraction at any online bingo hall - as any Bingo Street visitor will tell you - is the actual bingo action! Written by John Witherspoon – Become a part of a great online bingo community. Play online bingo chat games at BingoStreet.com |
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June 25th, 2008
It’s considered by the online bingo industry as one of the most important pieces of proposed legislation aimed at halting the regulations governing the notorious Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), but the Payment Systems Protection Act (HR5767) looks like it will be delayed in being presented before the House Financial Services Committee. Obviously not a high priority for the Committee, the Barney Frank and Ron Paul sponsored HR5767 legislation is being closely watch by online bingo operators who were burned badly by the implementation of UIGEA in late 2006. US customers who play bingo online were effectively banned from accessing non-US online bingo halls due to UIGEA, which impacted badly on the sales figures of online bingo games operators. Wednesday now looks like the most likely time the influential committee will look at HR5767. Let’s hope they can see the sense of supporting its proposals and hastening a return to an equitable market for bingo online worldwide. Written by John Witherspoon – Visit the best UK online bingo site. Bingostreet.com is your ultimate source for the best bingo games online. |
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June 24th, 2008
The poor-old land bingo hall model of playing bingo may be in for some relief this Wednesday after a series of blows that has left the sector staggering in the face of smoking bans cutting down their memberships and double taxation bleeding away their profits. This Wednesday, the government is likely to announce a relaxation on the amounts of slot machines a bingo hall can have. Slots are a real money spinner for the faltering land bingo halls, but legislation limiting the number of slot machines at any one club was aimed at stopping bingo halls effectively becoming slots arcades. Online bingo halls, on the other hand, have no limits to the amount of online slots they can operate on their sites. However, I can’t help think that what land bingo operators see as welcome relief really translates into an industry that has lost its way. Obviously, people who are playing slots are not playing bingo,… and isn’t playing bingo what it’s all about? Written by John Witherspoon – How about playing bingo online? The best free online bingo games are just one click away. |
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June 23rd, 2008
Bingo Street once again proves that it’s ahead of the curve with the establishment of its own Spanish language version. Why? Because it looks like Spain is about to change its online gambling licensing system in favour of a nationally regulated system, and this means more Spanish people who play bingo online will be able to play at Bingo Street’s favourite online bingo halls. It’s expected that Spain will introduce its new system some time early next year, so we should see a jump in the amount of Spanish patrons visiting Bingo Street by then. What’s the bet we soon see a new online bingo site called Bingo Olé. Written by John Witherspoon – Need the best online bingo games? BingoStreet.com collected the best online bingo promotions and free bingo games online. |
