This year Bingo Hideout was represented at the 3rd Annual Online Bingo Summit and it has to be said it was a truly excellent event, I will be back again next year!It was fantastic to put faces to names, there are so many people that I have had voice and email contact with these last two years but have never met in person. It was great to meet Phil and the team behind Which Bingo, congratulations to them for winning best portal at the first bingo awards ceremony.
Queen Vikki from Crown Bingo was not just in attendance but also offered some great insight for everyone into life behind the scenes at an online bingo site. David from Playing Bingo was there and I am sure he will be reporting back in great detail very soon about the conference. It was also great to finally meet Nickie Shute the brains behind Ballsup Bingo, the knowledge that Nickie has about online bingo is incredible!
One of the most interesting things to come out of the two day conference for me was the rise of Bingo on TV and how the two are merging, you can expect more coverage of this from Bingo Hideout in the future, this is an important change and one which will no doubt make the game even more exciting and ever more popular.
Although this year was the third annual bingo summit, it played host to the first Online Bingo Awards Ceremony, congratulations to all of the winners:
Online Bingo Operator 2008 = Foxy Bingo
Best Online Bingo Portal 2008 = Which Bingo UK
Best Newcomer 2008 = Paddy Power Bingo
Best Affiliate Program 2008 = Income Access
Best Online Bingo Software 2008 = Parlay
Best Marketing Campaign = Foxy Bingo
Best Innovation 2008 = Parlay / Bingo Bets