WorldPay, an online payment processing company under the Royal Bank of Scotland, has inked a deal with 192.com to provide an new customer ID check and anti-fraud service.The service will be available to Online bingo games operators and online bingo halls and will contribute to an industry that takes the financial security of people who [...]

BingoPort, an online bingo games industry information and tracking service, has released a report that shows that UK bingo online operations created as much as £120 million in earnings during 2007 out of a total of £650 million in revenues. The report also shows the industry attracted up to 500 000 UK online bingo per [...]

The trend in TV bingo shows such as ITV’s Bingo Night Live being linked to an online bingo site is proving to be one of the success stories of 2008 in the online bingo industry. In Sweden, which has seen strong growth in online bingo games, a weekly bingo show has become a hit with [...]

PartyGaming, a major online bingo and online games operator, is saying its revenues since April 2008 have slipped in the face of competition from the European Championship football event and other seasonally-affected issues.The company says its casino operations performed well but were offset by weak performances in sports betting and poker games making revenues slightly [...]

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 [...]

UK glamour model Katie Price (aka Jordan) and her husband Peter Andre are celebrating being awarded a substantial amount of money in damages after the News of the World was found to have wrongly portrayed the glamorous couple as uncaring parents. Katie Price achieved fame in the online bingo games community after landing a promotional [...]

NetPlayTV has announced former BBC light entertainment manager Michael Leggo will be its new director of television with responsibility for the compnay’s range of products as well as its television gaming. NetPlayTV recently announced plans for the launching of a new online bingo TV show as part of its continued expansion into the online bingo [...]

Claims that the European Commission (EC) is soft-peddling its enforcement actions against European Union (EU) members that still maintain protectionist monopolies over their gambling industries has been dismissed by Charlie McCreevy, the EC main official dealing with the issue. Discounting the view that the EC is being placed under political pressure to adopt a go [...]

In an article written for Bloomberg and giving an overview of the online bingo sector, industry expert Joe Saumarez-Smith says online bingo games are set to continue growth, though he warns against unrealistic expectations for growth in non-traditional bingo markets. While pointing out that the UK enjoys the most advanced online bingo market in the [...]

For the online gambling industry and online bingo games operators alike it’s been a bad day at the office with news that US Congressman Barney Frank’s attempt to halt the implementation of UIGEA regulations has failed.The delayed vote on Frank’s HR5767 bill failed due to a tied 32-32 vote before the Financial Services Committee. The [...]