During the last five years the UK has experienced what can only be called a massive internet bingo boom. Bingo first went online in the late 1990’s and from humble beginnings is now a $2 billion dollar a year industry in the UK. About four million people in the UK play online bingo regularly and [...]

  In spite of the draconian ban in the US against online gambling internet bingo is rapidly increasing in popularity. Internet bingo is popular among the digital generation and most internet bingo players are under 35 years old. US gambling laws have had the effect of pushing US players to offshore bingo operations that may [...]

In addition to the implementation of a national smoking ban in 2007 many in the bingo industry say that another problem faced by bingo halls in the UK is excessive taxation. For some reason bingo is the highest taxed form of gambling in the UK. An additional VAT tax was imposed in 2009 causing many [...]

In Europe and the UK bingo players have never had it so good. European players enjoy the protections of strict European Union gambling rules and players in the United Kingdom are protected by the Gambling Commission, the Advertising Standards Authority and strict gambling laws. Internet bingo is also highly regulated by the same regulatory bodies. [...]

There are two major bingo games and depending on where a player lives determines which version is the most popular. Traditional 75 ball bingo is favored in the United States and Canada while 90 ball bingo is the favored game in the United Kingdom and its former colonies. In Australia and New Zealand 90 ball [...]

A few short years ago live bingo was in serious decline across the United Kingdom. The national smoking ban dealt the first and most serious blow to the industry. Attendance at games declined as much as 60% and a survey taken at the time showed that about 63% of all bingo players were smokers. The [...]

Up until now online gambling in the UK has been pretty loosely regulated. Many online gaming operators moved offshore to avoid heavy taxation by the UK government. Offshore sites have a distinct competitive advantage over sites licensed in the UK but according to recent news reports that may end soon. According to an unnamed ‘senior [...]

For decades bingo has been a socially acceptable form of gambling. The game’s long association with churches and charities has lent respectability to the game that other forms of gambling do not enjoy. Bingo halls are rarely associated with criminal activity and because of the relatively low stakes involved the game does not attract problem [...]

In recent years several internet bingo operators have eyed Italy as the next big bingo market. Italy is home to one of Europe’s lotteries the SuperEnaLotto and gambling has long been popular in Italy where the game of bingo was invented. Five hundred years later bingo is poised to return to Italy online. Bingo operators [...]

This June the sixth annual Online Bingo Summit will be held in London. Event and conference organizer Bullet Business said that several leading online bingo providers will be on hand to network and discuss player retention and acquisition strategies. The annual event will be hosted by London’s Park Plaza Victoria hotel on June 1st and [...]