CONFERENCE CORNER

6 July 2007

Summer in Madrid

Timely reminder that the Gaming Executive Summit takes place 10-12 July 2007 at the InterContinental Hotel, Madrid, Spain

It's a global meeting place for the gaming industry’s decision makers

• 13 CEO’s, 6 senior director’s, 2 world-class workshop hosts & 1 great event

• Gain crucial insights into the opportunities and issues facing the land based and
interactive gaming sectors

• Hear from the industry leaders of today and the decision makers of tomorrow

• The perfect learning opportunity – find out how YOU can profit from gaming
business across Europe

Bingo is the name of the game....

According to Global Betting and Gaming Consultants (GBGC) online bingo games generated wins of GBP 72 million last year – a figure that is predicted to soar by 2008. Within the next five years industry analysts forecast that this market segment will be worth an estimated GBP 164 million.

All of which more than justifies your attendance at 2nd Annual Online Bingo Summit, taking place September 25th – 26th in London!

Phil Fraser, the founder of Which Bingo and chairman at this year's event, says: "Increased awareness of online bingo in the mass market, driven by the big land-based bingo brands and media owners' bingo sites, means that there is still much room for growth. Continuing increases in broadband into people's homes and the increase in variety and quality of product also contributes to this opportunity."

The online bingo market is enjoying unprecedented popularity with the rise in broadband penetration, high impact online marketing, the push to go online due to the land smoking ban and growing millions of eager online players are all reasons for the bingo boom, but more telling are current online market statistics.

Dominic Mansour, CEO, Bingos.com and Bingos.co.uk will be speaking at the conference and recently voiced his opinion: "It comes as no surprise that online bingo is yet again identified as being ripe for growth over the next 12 months. There are many factors supporting this feeling in the industry, from the imminent introduction of the smoking ban in England to the developing profile of internet users. It has long been the case that a form of gambling that attracts nearly 2 million visits a week in the UK alone, yet reflects only a single digit percentage of online gaming would be the next big thing."

Predicting future trends for Bingo, Dylan Schlosberg, CEO at ThinkBingo.com and another conference speaker says: "Bingo is a mass market, mainstream leisure activity. As the UK's first standalone bingo site, we saw three years ago the inevitable online migration of the bingo female demographic. Growth has been driven mainly by broadband penetration, TV advertising and the launch of Gala Bingo online in February 2006. The future will see consolidation of the medium sized sites as they compete with the larger ones, new entrants hoping to make a dent and other land based halls taking their business online."

Over 70 companies have already confirmed attendance including Mecca, Jackpot Joy, The Sun Online, St Minver, PartyBingo and Parlay Entertainment, filling half the exhibition area even at this early stage.

For more information visit the website, Bulletbusiness.com/bingo, where you can download all the information you need.

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