Entraction, the Swedish online casino software developer, has announced that Finland’s Bingohuone.com is the first client to take advantage of its newly launched bingo platform.

In a statement, a spokesperson said “Already from the first day there have been many players online, even more than established sites, and totally more than 10,000 bingo players,” 

“There is also great activity in the local Finnish chat room, which is important as bingo is a fast growing game where interaction with other bingo players is very important. Bingohuone.com will use well-known Finnish television personalities as ambassadors for their site.”

The network was launched late last week and uses bingo software from NYX Interactive for locally adapted solutions in a range of languages.

Google has lifted its ban gambling adverts which is fantastic news for the online bingo world as previously they have not been allowed to advertise in Google ads.

Google will now allow gambling adverts to appear on its search pages in Britain only. An unexpected reversal in its decision made last year to ban gambling adverts because of “ethical considerations”.

Google said that the decision to lift the ban on gambling ads was a “cultural” decision and considered it acceptable in Britain because of “local business practices”.

The UK based mobile gambling provider Probability has excellent news for its investors as they are showing a 10% revenue increase in the second quarter of 2008 to £1.37 million! This is fantastic news as this is traditionally a quite period in the industry.

Probability provides software for mobile phones, allowing customers to play bingo on their mobile phones linking to the online sites directly.

It has been reported that the company has already rolled out its first batch of 3 Network phones containing pre-installed links to their LadyLuck brand. 2 million of these mobile phones will be released in the coming year.

I have just been looking on youtube and came across Love Bingo’s new advert that will be on our screens from Thursday 9th October.

Its a really funny ad, but im not going to spoil it, just take a look for yourself….

Love Bingo Advert!

The recent news in the bingo business world is that of the SB 1369 online bingo bill, an amended bill that outlaws the electronic charity bingo machines

Governor of California, Arnold Swarzenegger has signed the legislation that will permit charities and non-profit organisations to run high-stakes bingo games, while outlawing non-Indian bingo machines.

The new legislation means that high-stakes ‘remote caller’ bingo games could be offered by the Catholic Church and other charities, simultaneously broadcast which will allow for many thousands of bingo players to compete for much more substantial prizes.

In the past 30 years, the top limit for simulcast bingo games has been $250, however, the new legislation means that payouts can be offered which equal 37% of gross revenues, which could produce prizes in the six-figure range.

Electronic bingo machines have now been totally reserved for the Indian tribes, which has been causing grief and misery for smaller charities and non-profit organisations as they use bingo machines as a form of fund-raising.