As an online gaming vertical, bingo has enjoyed considerable growth in recent years. Recently, I had a chance to chat with Shek Pandeya, Senior Acquisition Marketing Manager at Bingos.co.uk about how social media is factoring heavily into both their consumer and affiliate marketing strategies.

Recent news out of St. Louis has restored in me some lingering thoughts and impressions following David Carruthers' guilty plea a few weeks back.
 

When the Seattle Post-Intelligencer announced last month that it was stopping publication of its print version of the paper (after 146 years of publishing), and opting to move instead to a web-only format, it came as little surprise. The steady demise of print publications has been reported time and again, as has the news that the industry’s future business model is now focused on online content and online ad revenue. They know advertisers are going where the readers are, and in a Web 2.0 world, that means online

Understanding your target market is about more than just knowing how to best design and package your product. It’s about offering you customers added value – those little extras that make your product that much more friendly, familiar, and/or enjoyable than that of your competitors. Recently, I got to chat with the President and CEO of BunnyBingo.com, Shaun Measday, and he discussed what BunnyBingo is doing in the areas of content and social media.

Even though the United States Justice Department has agreed to vouch for you if a regulatory authority should question your probity, PartyGaming, you might want to think carefully before adding the feds as a reference on your resume.

PartyGaming and the U.S. Department of Justice struck a deal today through which the company will pay the U.S. government $105 and the governement will in turn leave the company alone. As part of its coverage of this historic event, IGamingNews asked a handful of industry commentators--including me--to share their views.
 

With a basketball playing President in the White House, 2009 was time for even Barack Obama to trot out his brackets to the American public.

If you’ve watched the i-gaming industry for any time, you know that Superbowl and March Madness timeframes are when the law enforcement entities typically trot out new indictments, arrests or other law enforcement announcements as they try to remind Americans that “illegal internet gambling” is a problem. This year was no different when the Department of Justice offered up a guilty plea by David Carruthers in the BetOnSports case.

With plenty of online operators eyeing Turkey and Greece, Martin Oelbermann understands the attraction. The partner at the Media & Entertainment Consulting Network in Germany gives us a glimpse into the growth situation in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. To hear more, join Mr. Oelbermann as he gives an in-depth overview of those markets at the European Gambling Briefing, April 22-23.

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