Software Providers
888 Holdings – Having started up in 1997, 888 is a very popular online gaming company that does a huge amount of business world wide from its headquarters in the nation of Gibraltar. It runs a large variety of different online casino type sites and, of course, does huge business in online bingo. In 2007, the company bought out Globalcom Limited for over $43 million, one of the largest bingo acquisitions of all time. 888 Ladies is the flagship bingo site that this company offers and it is run under their sub division known as Cassava. It is the result of the Globalcom buy out that was launched in February of 2008 and offers both 75 ball and 90 ball bingo games. This is one of the most popular bingo sites on the web today.
Boss Media – This company was founded in Sweden, in the city of Vaxjo, in 1996. It began by developing its own casino site, the Gold Club Casino, but after a large number of investors approached them to create software for other sites, the company began to focus on making software packages that other sites and casinos could offer to their own clients. The company specializes in putting together tailor made software solutions for the gaming industry, including bingo and many sites bear other brand names but use the Boss Media software packages created by this particular company and then branded under the bingo site’s own name.
Chartwell Technology – This company is based out of Canada, in the city of Calgary, but they employ people in Canada, Malta and the United Kingdom, all of which help them design and implement software packages for various website based casinos such as Betfair or Bwin. Their focus is on developing the look and feel of the game in order to give players a truly great gaming experience and expand the power of online casinos.
Gamesys – As a UK favorite, Gamesys is a fairly recent entrant into the online bingo market, having started up in 2001. The run a site called JackpotJoy and this is where they give out around 75 million pounds worth of prizes with a new winner every few seconds, on average. Their games are web browser based so there are no downloads needed to play and this has helped their popularity substantially. Not only do they develop their own sites, they provide white label solutions for other companies’ bingo offerings, as well, giving them a chance to offer the bingo gaming experience to their clients while making sure plenty of players are always around.
Microgaming – Boasting the web’s first casino, established in 1994, this Isle of Man based company does huge business in the online casino market place and regularly offers several hundred games in the casinos that it develops for the web market. They offer either Flash powered web browser based games or downloadable software packages to players in the casinos they design.
Parlay Entertainment – As game companies go, Parlay is one of the most powerful in the online bingo world because they actually power several different game provider’s sites with their bingo software. They make the claim that they literally invented online bingo and their particular style of software now powers the bingo offerings of MSN, Yahoo, AOL and Virgin, to name just a few.
Playtech – Since it runs the Bingoland Network, Playtech is not only a fairly recent member of the online bingo world, having arrived in 1999, it also one of the foremost in terms of popularity. It develops packages and sites for a huge range of different sites which offer online bingo games.