Last week social gaming company released their much awaited online bingo game to a limited audience on Facebook. Almost immediately reports surfaced accusing Zynga of ripping off a rival company’s existing bingo game. Buffalo Studios said that Zynga’s bingo app was the same as Buffalo Studio’s ‘Bingo Blitz’ game which has over 1 million daily [...]
Last month social gaming company announced that it would launch a new Facebook Bingo application. The game has been made available to a limited number of players as a test and Zynga plans on offering the game to everyone this month. Internet bingo has been a big hit on Facebook and has attracted millions of [...]
Bingo news sources have been abuzz about the proposed Rank takeover of Gala Coral’s casino operations. Now it appears that Rank may face difficulties from government regulators in the UK. Rank has made a £250 million ($392 million USD) takeover bid to Gala Coral and if the bid is successful Rank will double its portfolio [...]
In the United Kingdom bingo is big business. In addition to having one of the largest markets for land based bingo the UK is also home to the second largest online bingo market in the world. Long considered an integral part of British culture the game is no longer considered the domain of pensioners and [...]
Playtech is a gaming software company founded in 1999. Since then Playtech has become a leading supplier of software to internet bingo and gambling sites. Playtech’s products include internet bingo, poker, sports betting and scratch off games. Playtech also offers mobile gaming, live dealer poker games and arcade games. After the passage of the Unlawful [...]
According to several bingo news sources an incident at a Gala bingo hall sparked outrage in the bingo community. According to witnesses Williamina Cornes ‘turned blue’ and suffered a fatal heart attack during a bingo game. Amazingly the caller refused to stop the game and continues to call the numbers. The caller continues even as [...]
The internet bingo world is aghast at the news that an internet bingo site in Guatemala may have been used to launder tens of millions in drug trafficking profits. According to the US Department of the Treasury Department Marllory Dadiana Chacon Rossell is the most prolific drug dealer in Central America. US authorities say that [...]
After saying they were not interested in real money gambling social gaming giant Zynga reversed course and now says the company is considering real money gaming once it becomes legal. While gambling for money remains illegal in the US, Zynga poker which attracts 7 million players daily provides fake money for players. Most of the [...]
According to several bingo news sources there is a new threat to the irascible Simon Cowell’s reign over the UK music industry. A bingo caller from Wallsend has just announced plans to record and release his own pop single. The song, titled Everyone Wants a Piece of Me’ will be available on digital music giants [...]
There has been great enthusiasm among online poker players about the recent DOJ reinterpretation of the 1961 wire act in the US. While poker players may be rejoicing internet bingo players have been left in the dark about just what the decision means to them. The legal opinion was in response to inquiries by Illinois [...]