In an update to the story in which gaming giant Rank persuaded the VAT and Duties Tribunal that Her Majesty’s Revenue & Custom`s practice of charging VAT on interval bingo games was against European law, the Treasury is being accused of delaying tactics over the case.

The previous ruling in favour of Rank’s argument against VAT on some versions of interval bingo was related to the games played during intervals between sessions of a main stage land bingo game (also known as mechanised cash bingo, or cashline).

Rank successfully argued that the charging of VAT on some versions of interval bingo was in breach of the current European principle of fiscal neutrality. If upheld, the ruling could translate into a possible £100 million windfall for bingo operators.

However, the Treasury delayed an appeal against the ruling till the last moment, thus prolonging the case at a time when land bingo operators need all the breaks they can get.

The online/interactive part of 2009’s International Casino Exhibition (ICEi) is to be expanded by as much as 40% to cater for the growing demand by the remote gaming industry, according to the event organizers Clarion Gaming.
The 2009 ICEi show will take place from January 27–29 at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London and will feature many online bingo exhibits. The 2008 ICEi was a record breaking event with 69 exhibitors coming from 20 different jurisdictions.

Anthony Medica, Sales Executive responsible for ICEi at Clarion Gaming commented on the upcoming 2009 event saying: “2008 was a record-breaking year on a number of fronts. The final attendance figures confirmed that 2 861 unique i-gaming professionals drawn from 68 jurisdictions made the journey to London, a year-on-year increase of 21.2 percent. These factors contributed massively to generating what was a universally positive response from all of our various stakeholders.

“The international remote gaming community continues to see ICEi as its exhibition of preference and demand for the additional space is strong with all indicators pointing to there being another great show in 2009,”
The growth in bingo online games ensures the sector will enjoy a strong presence at the 2009 ICEi event with many online bingo operators and online bingo games software developers expected to attend.

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Parlay Entertainment, a developer of bingo online games software, has joined with Chartwell Technology to start a new online bingo network.  The network will combine Chartwell’s back-end administration system with Parlay’s front-end bingo online products.

Parlay have now made over fifty direct license deals with many online bingo halls utilizing the company’s popular online bingo software.

Scott White, President and CEO of Parlay Entertainment, said:  “This is a huge win for licensees and bingo players alike.  By combining the strengths of Parlay’s industry-leading bingo games with Chartwell’s advanced administration system and network operations expertise, we’re creating a very compelling bingo network solution.  Player excitement will grow exponentially as bingo sites pool their liquidity to create bigger games, huge jackpots and lively communities.”

Former UK model Melinda Messenger is to be joined by Michael Underwood as hosts for ITV’s latest bingo show.  Called Bingo Night Live, UK viewers can join the new hosts for bingo games on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
Melinda Messenger claimed:  “It’s the nation’s favourite game and accessible for all – it’s good clean fun, nice and easy to play and best of all it’s free.”
The show will be one hour long and incorporates bingo with entertainment segments dotted around the three main bingo games.  The show is offering a Golden Jackpot of £25,000 for its June 4 launch night.
Players can register for the game and download bingo cards from the show’s website.

Online bingo games company Bingo.com has shown a better first quarter for this year according to un-audited results. However, though revenues and player numbers showed increases, the online bingo operator still came up with a net loss.
“The first quarter of 2008 was another strong quarter of growth for Bingo.com,” said Tarrnie Williams, the Bingo.com’s CEO. “We’ve increased our revenue, decreased our costs, and further entrenched Bingo.com as a premier gaming operator in the United Kingdom market.

“Bingo.com has added thousands of new real-money players in the quarter and the popularity of our gaming suite is growing rapidly within the UK bingo community. Our strategy remains focused on leveraging the strength of the Bingo.com URL in the UK as we prepare for the launch of Bingo.com in other markets and other languages. While many challenges remain, Bingo.com is in an excellent position to return to profitability.”

Bingo.com claims a total of 1.8 million users who play bingo online with them.

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According to a report at WhichBingo.co.uk, UK online bingo hall Foxy Bingo suffered a software glitch in one of its online bingo games resulting in an erroneous £50,000 payout last Monday.
According to the report, one of the site’s bingo online games which was designed to run as a coverall jackpot was accidentally posted on the online bingo hall’s site as a guaranteed jackpot. This meant a very luck online bingo player hit the win in 60 calls and scooped a massive £50,000 prize.
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