The earliest record of Bingo in history is in Italy in the mid 1500’s. Bingo as we know it today (including 90 Ball Bingo) is a direct descendant of Lo Giuoco del Lotto d’Italia, which is the Italian national lottery. By the late 1770’s the game had begun to spread across Europe. It first captured the interest of the French and later Germany. The Germans used the game as an educational tool, to help with the teaching of multiplication tables, spelling and history to children. From Middle Ages Till Modern Day Bingo The period between the 1800s and modern day…

Aristocrat has licensed the Madonna brand for a new multi-game slot deal, and the company will be causing a commotion when it unveils the first Madonna™ Slot Game this October at Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas. Since arriving on the Hot 100 with “Holiday” in the week of Oct. 29, 1983, Grammy Award-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Madonna has earned a total of 57 chart hits, including a record 38 Top 10 singles. Madonna also holds the title of the highest-grossing solo touring female artist in Billboard Boxscore history. “Aristocrat aggressively pursues the absolute best…

Casino equipment maker International Game Technology Plc says it has reached what it called a “patent cross-licensing agreement” with one of its biggest market rivals, casino technology and lottery services provider Scientific Games Corp. A short press announcement from IGT on Tuesday gave no detail of how the deal would work in practice; in particular whether it would give Scientific Games access outside the Macau market to certain live-dealer electronic game technology claimed under a Macau patent by LT Game Ltd, and now held – under an April 2016 agreement – by IGT for world markets excluding Macau. Scientific Games’…

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has said that the industry must do more to tackle issues related to problem gambling. The national regulatory body recently undertook a review of gambling across Great Britain, focusing on rates of participation, at-risk gambling and problem gambling, and explored the associated characteristics and behaviours. Tim Miller, executive director of the UKGC, said the report found that operators must take further action to ensure they are properly addressing problem gambling, adding that the “pace of change” has not been fast enough. “Whilst overall problem gambling rates in Britain have remained statistically stable, our research suggests…

Enticing millennials into a land based casino online or online casino takes a lot more than a few gimmicks and a celebrity endorsement (Poker Stars we’re looking at you). Millennials are technologically savvy, brand aware and used to lots of choices which makes them a hard catch. So in a world of Facebook, Snapchat and smartphones how do casinos attract Millennials? Enter please, online casinos. While it would be unfair to say all millennials live on their phones, the vast majority do, meaning that casinos had to shift their focus online. Today millennials have access to high quality games, 24/7…

The MGM Grand is bringing to Las Vegas a virtual reality experience that will put participants inside the type of apocalyptical and fantastical video games they can play on their home computer. MGM Resorts International has teamed up with Australia-based VR game maker Zero Latency to bring three “free-roaming” social gaming experiences to the Level Up lounge starting Sept. 8. The MGM Grand will become the seventh U.S. location to host Zero Latency games. The Zombie Survival and Singularity games will require teams to kill zombies and robots as the they roam through what appears to be buildings and streets….