Online Gambling More Popular Than Facebook
A recent Nielson Media Research report is good news for the online gaming industry. The report shows an astounding 40% increase in online gambling during the past year. A majority of the new growth can be attributed to females who now account for 48% of all online gamblers in the UK. In the past most [...]
Online Bingo Creating Jobs
The recent global economic crisis has resulted in massive job losses. Many industries worldwide are laying off long term employees and economic growth is at a standstill. The US has shed over a million jobs in 2008 and recently released government data paints a very bleak picture for 2009. The situation is similar in the [...]
Taxes, Taxes, and More Taxes!
In previous articles we have discussed how smoking bans have wreaked havoc with the brick and mortar bingo industry. As has been pointed out before approximately 75% of bingo players smoke and since the passage of a strict smoking ban in the UK several bingo clubs have been forced to close their doors forever. In [...]
80% Increase In Online Bingo Players In UK
The current recession has hit the UK just as hard, and maybe harder, than the United States. The Pound has taken a severe pounding on global currency markets and UK housing and employment statistics are grim. One group of people who seem to be shrugging off the doom and gloom on the economic front are [...]
Play Penny Bingo at BingoHouse
The news from the economic front keeps getting worse day by day. Layoffs, bailouts, and dismal economic figures, are all taking their toll on the average person. Everyone is looking for inexpensive entertainment and online bingo players are no exception. People are spending less on entertainment and other non essential items. There is some good [...]
Choosing an Online Bingo Website
This year there has been nothing but bad news for land based bingo halls in both the UK and the Unites States. A dismal economy coupled with draconian smoking bans passed in both countries has all but emptied bingo halls on both sides of the Atlantic. In the US where bingo is traditionally used as [...]
Online Gaming Goes Mobile
The gaming industry, including online bingo, is seeking creative ways to survive and thrive in today’s dismal economy. In the US experts predict that many of the smaller casinos both online and offline will suffer economic collapse and cease doing business resulting in the loss of thousands of jobs. To counteract the downward spiral, many [...]
Those Thrifty Scots Strike Again!
The people of Scotland have long enjoyed a reputation for thrift and frugality. The economy in the UK is in chaos but those thrifty Scots have figured out a way to have fun for little money. To put it simply, many in Scotland have rediscovered the joys of bingo, both offline and online. A recent [...]
Who’s Playing Online Bingo?
In the UK, bingo is a big business but just how big is it? It has been estimated that there are about three million bingo players in the UK. Bingo enjoys so much popularity in the UK that players wager an estimated 1.4 billion pounds a year. That amounts to almost two billion US dollars [...]
Online Bingo, UIGEA, and the Economy
Recent global economic developments have forced the US government to rethink many of its policies. At present the US economy is in chaos and the US has lost over a quarter of a million jobs so far this year. Despite the massive $700 billion dollar bailout and other measures the economic slump continues. One would [...]
