Keno and bingo have many similarities. At many internet bingo sites keno is a very popular side game. Those unfamiliar with both games often confuse the two because of the similarities. Essentially keno is more like a lottery game. Keno is a highly entertaining grid game. The game of keno dates all the way back [...]
Bingo is a popular game throughout the world and in Argentina both live and internet bingo are very popular. There are many bingo halls in Argentina and Argentines spend about $4 to $5 billion dollars a year on gambling. Online bingo has been a part of the gambling industry in Argentina since 1995 when Ladbrokes, [...]
The recent hacking scandal in the UK has had widespread effects on the newspaper bingo industry. In the UK newspaper bingo has a long history dating back to the 1980’s. When bingo went online in the late 90’s newspaper bingo followed the trend and most tabloid newspapers had their own bingo site. For many newspapers [...]
By now it’s no secret to anyone that Great Britain is experiencing the worse riots since the 1980’s. The destruction wreaked by the unruly crowd has been appalling. People have been robbed, beaten and stripped in the streets and the destruction will probably be in the millions of pounds. The riots started after a thug [...]
On April 15th 2011, now known in the internet gambling industry as ‘black Friday,’ the US Department of Justice and Homeland Security seized the domains and assets of four major online poker sites. Eleven people were indicted and bank accounts frozen. Enforcement of federal regulations against online gambling had been somewhat lax during the Obama [...]
Since the postwar years bingo has been one of the most popular games in Great Britain. It has survived several recessions and the social upheavals of the 60’s. Although there have been some recent setbacks the games survival has been insured in the United Kingdom. For decades Britons have flocked to bingo halls for an [...]
There are many factors that affect the internet bingo industry. Economic conditions, currency exchange rates and stock performance are just a few of the factors affecting the internet bingo industry. What most people don’t realize is that there is one factor that affects internet bingo that is beyond the control of anyone; the weather. [...]
It is no secret that the national smoking ban in the UK has been very unpopular with bingo hall operators. We previously covered the far-reaching effects of the bingo smoking ban, and its impact on internet bingo. When the ban was imposed in 2007 many bingo halls lost over half of their regular players. A [...]
The internet is a wonderful invention. The internet has dramatically changed the way most people go about their everyday lives. People shop on the internet, read books, gather news and information, watch movies and access various entertainment venues. For bingo players the internet has been a real blessing and players who cannot attend live bingo [...]
In recent years smoking has become socially unacceptable in most places. When the national smoking ban was imposed in the UK, many bingo players found themselves banished from their favorite bingo halls. Smokers were confined to outdoor smoking shelters and given the intemperate climate in the British Isles smoking shelters were not popular with smokers. [...]