With so much going on in the “real world” bingo industry, it’s little surprise to many of us to learn that online bingo is facing a boom. This boom is undoubtedly, or at least partially, a result of the recent downturn in offline bingo popularity. People around the world are essentially being turned off offline bingo and turning on to online bingo.
Zdnet (one of the most popular online news sites) provides regular updates on statistics based on their blog visitors and the topics that are most popular. In the statistics for March and April 2008, and based on US Internet usage, Internet Gambling comes out third of the pile behind Radio Entertainment and Gay and Lesbian issues.
The increase of 14% is perhaps a little surprising considering the state of online gambling in America, although news that the anti-UIGEA is gaining cross party backing from and more Congressmen may help shirt the anti-gambling laws. Online bingo halls, though, have certainly seen increases in traffic with many new sites also being introduced and yet more currently under development.
This is obviously good news for online bingo players – the more sites, the greater the choice, and the better the competition. All in all it will ultimately mean a greater selection but also improved prizes and competitions across the board.
The recent Dutch Senate vote has stated that it is against the granting of a monopolistic three year license on the state owned bingo casino, HollandCasino.com. However according to the Dublin based online gaming software developer of the site, Cryptologic, this decision will have not much of an impact on them.
With the passing of the bill, the Cryptologic powered Holland Casino exclusive would have earned online gambling rights in the Netherlands. This in turn would prove to be disadvantageous to the many other European online gambling companies like PartyGaming, Sportingbet and Bwin.
At present, the online gambling market in Holland consists of as many as 400,000 players. Today, Cryptologic is one of the more popular software providers for most of the UK based online games operators, and online bingo halls.
The company has recently moved its headquarters from Canada to Ireland and has strategically focused its attention on capturing the European and Asian online gaming markets.
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The latest bingo promotion launched by Jackpotjoy is really interesting. With this promotion, you now have a chance to play free bingo for guaranteed jackpots that reach values of 100 pounds every Wednesday.
These games are scheduled from 7 to 12 pm in the Full House Bingo room where every third game here will be free to play. With this promotion, you get a chance to try out the online bingo site Jackpotjoy, while enjoying a game of online bingo.
Though there is limited information about the promotion, it is suspected that you have to first play for real before being offered a chance to play free games. In addition to this, as the room will also be busy, it is better you reach there well before 7 pm to enjoy the first few free games.
On visiting ‘Promotions’, and going to fun on Jackpotjoy, you get an opportunity to catch the latest JPJ advert to tell them the name of the type of dog used in the ad. May 9th is the last date for entering the prize draw.
Don’t forget to check the promotional offers of Jackpotjoy, like last week’s ones where they had given away Entertainment Bundles as prizes. This week there is news of a Piratey Cashback Offer mi hearties!!
Bingo news from bingo reviewer.
