PRESS RELEASES
May 24, 2000
Bingo.com Files for Patent
Method and Apparatus for Directing Interleaved Messages in a Network Based Interactive Application
MARINA DEL REY, Calif., May 24, 2000 – Bingo.com Inc. (OTC BB: BIGR), a vertical Internet media and entertainment company, announced today that it has filed a provisional patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a Web-based service to target and deliver specific merchandise offers to registered users.
The service will enable Bingo.com and its partners to deliver multimedia shopping opportunities targeted to each individual registered user at Bingo.com, while the users play free multiplayer bingo games and chat online. For example, a player from the East Coast who indicates a preference for grocery savings and electronic equipment will be able to see such opportunities while at the same time a player in Los Angeles sees new car deals and vacation packages, and so on. The players will have an opportunity to fulfill the order without interrupting their online game-playing experience. While the service will be integrated into the online game-playing environment, it is modular and can also be licensed to other online and offline companies for any product or service.
May 4, 2000
Bingo.com Voted Number One Bingo Site
Readers’ Choice Polls Reflect Site’s Success
MARINA DEL REY, Calif., May 04, 2000 – Bingo.com Inc. (OTC BB: BIGR), a vertical Internet media and entertainment company, announced today that Bingo.com has been voted the number one free bingo game of April 2000 by the winneronline.com’s Readers’ Choice poll. It is the Company’s first time boasting a premier ranking as its voting numbers surpassed those of Uproar Bingo Blitz and BingoOnline, sites claiming second and third place respectively.
The reader survey poll was made accessible to bingo players via www.winneronline.com and votes were gathered during the entire month of April. Bingo.com captured 20.75 percent of the votes, consolidating its position as the best free bingo site of the month over thirteen of its leading entertainment game site competitors.
April 6, 2000
Bingo.com Surpasses 10 Million Bingo Cards Played
Bingo.com Sets Internet Benchmark of 60-Minute Average User Session
MARINA DEL REY, Calif., April 06, 2000 – Bingo.com Inc. (OTC BB: BIGR), a vertical Internet media and entertainment company, announced today that it has reached several important operational milestones, including surpassing 10 million bingo cards played, registering its one hundred thousandth user and setting a new Internet benchmark for per average user sessions at 60 minutes.
Bingo.com’s rapid growth can be credited to management’s highly focused, cost-efficient development strategy, which has produced an entertaining user experience on a robust and scalable technology platform. By creating a highly scalable solution, Bingo.com can quickly and cost-effectively expand its service to meet the growing demand for its games and to leverage the inherent opportunities that Bingo.com’s 60-minute average user session presents.
March 23, 2000
Bingo.com Shows Dramatic Year-To-Date Growth in Registered Users
Page Views Increase to 22.5 Million Per Month
Bingo.com is a rapidly growing online entertainment destination that provides interactive multi-player Bingo games that appeal to a very broad-based audience. Bingo.com has achieved significant growth since the launch of its first bingo games in Dec. 1999. Bingo.com now boasts a respectable 92,417 registered users. Monthly page views have increased to 22.5 million and Bingo.com is averaging over 700,000 page views daily, which the company believes is a clear indication of the popularity of the continually changing content and new concepts being offered on the site.
Bingo.com is very sticky, an industry term which means that the users consistently spend significantly more time per visit on our site than the industry average. According to statistics from leading Internet publications, which rank web sites by the number of minutes spent per average user, Bingo.com would rank in the top five percent with an average user session of approximately one hour.
March 22, 2000
Bingo.com Featured on “.Com” TV Series on CNBC and Bravo Network
MARINA DEL REY, Calif., March 22, 2000 – Bingo.com Inc. (OTC BB: BIGR), one of the nation’s fastest-growing bingo and entertainment sites, today announced it will be featured on the “.com” television series anchored by actor, Mark Hamill. The cable TV show’s initial airing will be on March 25 and again on March 27 and 31.
The television series, now in its fifth season, explores the latest technological innovations and the rapidly evolving Internet environment. Best known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars trilogy and among his many television credits, Mark Hamill is the host of the successful “.com” series and has achieved a level of notoriety that spans generations. With the re-release of Star Wars into theaters and on-home video, Hamill has once again become a household name, his face provoking images of technology and the future to fans of all generations.
The upcoming segment entitled “Bingo and Beyond,” airs as a paid program on CNBC, Saturday, March 25 at noon Eastern Time. The program is scheduled to re-broadcast at 8:00 a.m. ET, March 27 and March 31 on the BRAVO network.