January 22, 2009
Bingo.com Receives LOI for Maltese Gaming License
ANGUILLA, B.W.I., January 22, 2009 / Bingo.com, Ltd. (OTC BB: BNGOF), operator of the popular online gaming community http://www.bingo.com, today announced its wholly-owned Malta subsidiary, Bingo.com Operations Limited, had received a letter of intent from the Malta Lotteries and Gaming Authority to grant it a remote gaming license. Under the terms of the letter, Bingo.com, subject to certain conditions, is free to launch and operate its gaming website from a hosting facility in Malta. Bingo.com will then be operating from a tier one licensing jurisdiction and permitted to market its website and services within the United Kingdom. Bingo.com has completed the majority of the conditions and anticipates it will complete the remainder over the next few weeks.
“We are very pleased to have received an LOI from the Malta Lotteries and Gaming Authority,” said Tarrnie Williams, the Company’s CEO. “Online bingo is booming in the United Kingdom and we are excited to have the opportunity to strengthen our position as one of the premiere online bingo destinations for European players. Bingo.com will now have a full breadth of marketing opportunities available from which to promote our brand and attract new visitors to our gaming and entertainment system. While we continue to develop support for different currencies and different languages around the world, the UK is a critical market for our success.”
About Bingo.com
Bingo.com, Ltd. (OTC BB: BNGOF) is the parent company of the Bingo.com group of companies which operates the popular online gaming community http://www.bingo.com. The Bingo.com group offers multiplayer bingo, slot machines, sweepstakes, and more. Players come together from around the world to chat, share, play and win at Bingo.com. With over 1,950,000 registered users http://www.bingo.com is one of the most recognized and most visited bingo entertainment destinations on the Internet.
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For more information contact:
- Henry Bromley
- CFO
- ir@bingo.com
- (264) 461-2646