A new production company, ETV Media Group, have been awarded the contract to relaunch Gala Bingo’s television channel, Gala TV.  There will be eight hours of daily programming to be broadcast on Sky and Freeview as well as on their online bingo site, galabingo.com.

A ruling given by an appellate court in Washington states that Betcha.com is not illegal as it did not violate any state gambling laws in their operations.  Betcha.com is for gamblers who want to place bets, but  against other gamblers, not against the house.  The ruling states “Because Betcha.com customers agreed in advance that participants were not required to pay their losses, Betcha.com was not engaged in ‘gambling’”.

Online gambling operators are now heading further east and including the Balkans in their sights.  This market, which includes Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania and Bulgaria, is already doing well, but it appears there is great potential for even further growth in these countries.

Buy one get one free.  This week, between 9th and 16th February, you can take advantage of Mirror Bingo’s special offer on their online bingo site.  This offer applies to all online bingo tickets in any of their rooms, as well as any jackpot games.  The maximum amount of tickets that can be purchased in any one game is 24, so remember, buy only 12 and you get the other 12 for free.

While the stock prices of USA gambling companies, both online and land-based, are decreasing by the day, the stock prices of UK operators are ever increasing, particularly William Hill, who closed last Friday at $269,25, whilst Ladbrokes closed at $205,75.