July 17, 2001

Bingo.com to Beta Test Pay to Play Skill Based Bingo Game

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 17 /PRNewswire/ — BINGO.COM LTD. (OTC Bulletin Board: BNGOF.OB – news) a fast growing entertainment site and application service provider (ASP), today announced that they are set to start a Beta test of it’s much anticipated Pay to Play Skill Based bingo game.

Shane Murphy, Chairman, CEO and President of Bingo.com, said, “Our upcoming Beta test is the last step before offering the game to our 750,000 members and the world at large. The Beta Test is being offered to a select group of members and will run for several days beginning on July 19, 2001.”

“We are extremely excited about the upcoming launch of our Pay to Play Skill Based bingo game and the income it potentially represents. It is the Company’s intention to go live with the new game and site that surrounds it by month end. Our redesigned home page will give visitors the choice of playing the new Pay to Play Skill Based game or our existing Play for Free games. Our members have made Bingo.com the stickiest site on the net several months out of the past year based primarily on the their experience with our exciting games. If our members have been enjoying our existing games wait until they experience Pay to Play Skill Bingo.”