Online Bingo News

Thanks to mom paying for the card, a student nurse got to play the national bingo game and made it pay off with a £45,000 win.

“For some reason I wanted to go. I had no money and mum had to put mine in.” said Amy Ramsdale, 20, from Wigan. Also stating she was feeling lucky she took her mom Jean with her to the local bingo hall.

As for the anticipation to the win, Amy said, “I only noticed when I had four numbers left to get. I didn’t have time to get panicked or worked up because it happened so quickly.”

The wait after the game to confirm the win took about a half hour. The whole time thinking that there was no win she actually won, she burst into tears when the caller pointer to her and said, “It’s you.”

According to her mom, Jean, “People we didn’t know came over and congratulated us, it was heart-warming. We’re not down from cloud nine. Although you hope for a big win you always think it will happen to someone else.”

As for future plans, Amy plans on putting a deposit on a home and taking her boyfriend to Florida, while Jean wants to also take a vacation with her husband. They also plan on continuing to play bingo with one minor change,

“I won’t have to ask my mum for money for a card now,” said Amy.

Bet24 one of the leading bookmakers on the internet has announced the launch of a new online bingo site. It has teamed up with the leading supplier of online bingo software, Parlay Entertainment Inc. to provide the bingo technology for the new site.

Bet24 is owned by the big international entertainment broadcasting group, Modern Times Group. The Bet24 bingo site will target the Scandinavian audiences but will also be available in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian.

Lotta Lindquist-Brosjo, CEO of Bet24 is very happy with the online bingo offering, “We’re pleased to widen our gaming offering with the addition of online bingo. This launch strengthens our product offering, ensuring that our customers enjoy the most exciting gaming products on the market. We are delighted to offer online bingo in partnership with Parlay Entertainment who has extensive bingo industry expertise.”

Steve Cook the European Managing Director for Parlay Entertainment was also plwased with the new partnership, “Bet24 has tremendous marketing reach because their ownership provides access to a very large European broadcast network. The bingo industry has seen explosive growth in the past year, but there is still room for smart operators like Bet24 who are initially targeting a very specific audience. We’re proud to welcome them to Parlay’s family of bingo licensees.”

Cook added, “The online bingo industry is set for another record breaking year in 2008. Next year we’ll begin to see rapid expansion beyond the core UK market into other countries where bingo has traditionally been popular. Bet24 is on the leading edge of that trend.”

Bet24 is now added to an already extensive list of over 50 sites that are using the online bingo software from Parlay Entertainment.