The Gauselmann Group is a German gambling and gaming giant; they have taken a huge leap of faith to get into the British gambling market. Their target is the UK amusements market with the purchase of Praesepe from private equity firm – Marwyn Management Partners. Gauselmann is best known for their Merkur brand, and it is this division that will take control of Praesepe’s 159 adult gaming centres, nine bingo clubs, five family entertainment centres, and Beacon Bingo online. The new company vehicle for this is Merkur Casino UK.

The current Merkur Casino compliment includes 240 arcades throughout Germany, and also has venues in Central and Eastern Europe, the Netherlands and Spain. There is also Merkur Win outlets in Italy. They are best known for their supply of slots, AWPs, Server-based gambling systems and VTLs. The vvast majority of employees is based in Germany; this is a staff compliment of somewhere around 6300.

The Chief Financial Officer of Gauselmann – Ulrich Wuseke – now becomes chairman of Merkur Casino UK. Nick Harding who is the founder of Praesepe, remains in the CEO role of the new company – at least for the time being. Wuseke commented that Praesepe has a good reputation in Britain across the markets it serves. They own the largest land bingo club in Europe and the UK, as well as the Crystal Rooms in London’s Leicester Square; this venue is world-famous.

At the moment the merge is examining a progressive philosophy which is where their investment efforts will take place; they believe they have a unique approach to gambling entertainment in the UK. They also have Blueprint Gaming on-board – another UK subsidiary – these people develop both games and devices. This means that Gauselmann now has a complete range of products to cover the UK market.

Gauselmann is one of the most inspiring business stories in the gambling/gaming industry; the company was launched in 1957, and fast grew into a €1.7bn internationally recognised enterprise. It is a business with back-bone which has survived the double-dip recession, and the Praesepe/Gauselman merge is set to cement this company into UK gaming history.

We mentioned the fact that the largest bingo club in Britain is also part of the Praesepe/Gauselman deal, so, feel that now might be an appropriate time to mention a little bingo aside. The future of UK bingo is also about to change, with the resignation of Paul Talboys from the Bingo Association. Miles Baron is the new appointee, and hopefully with this new blood will come some radical changes in what we believe we have seen become a stagnating representative body for bingo.

Bingo has been enjoying a new breath of fresh air online for the past ten or more years, and we would like to see the same happening in the land version of this game. Miles Baron takes up the post today – Monday 8th October – he has a wealth of industry experience, after leading as Sales and Marketing Director of Mecca Bingo since November 2006, and is no stranger to the Association.

Pop over to bet365’s Guilty Pleasures room on Sunday 17th June and you can enjoy a night of great value bingo with a guaranteed £30,000 in prizes.

There will be something for all Bingoheads to enjoy, including Penny Bingo, Last Chance Saloon and the ever-popular 1TG and 2TG games, where you can win cash for getting within one or two numbers of calling House.

What’s more the evening has some extra special Roll On Bingo games too. In these games you can win three, five or even ten Full House prizes, meaning there is even more chance of winning!

With a great variety of games, total prizes of up to £1,000 in each game and tickets from just 1p, bet365’s £30,000 Community Night is another exciting event not to be missed.

So get over to bet365 bingo and have a ball.

Back 2 School Bingo launches at the beginning of December. Back2School Bingo is a new 90-ball online bingo room that offers multi-currency play and many exciting and rewarding opportunities for bingo fans.

The beginning of December will mark the launch of a new bingo room, Back2School Bingo in the UK online bingo community. Back2School Bingo is one of the new Fortune Lounge Group of online bingo room.

This new bingo room will see both new and experienced bingo players given a multi-currency platform from which to experience bingo in its most popular form.

Back2School Bingo falls under the Microgaming network and as such, will offer its players a credible and safe platform from which to play 90-ball bingo from.

Back2School Bingo will feature two various deposit offers namely the 200% first deposit bonus and the 25% recurring deposit bonus.

The bingo room has also promised players a host of weekly and monthly promotions to take part in, all offering rewarding as well as superior online bingo excitement.

The concept behind the 90-ball bingo room is one that will see players given the chance to flex their bingo muscle in bingo rooms that are simplistic in their premise yet rewarding in outcome.

The four network bingo rooms that will be offered at Back2School Bingo include Sunshine, Speed, Harmony and Friendship rooms.

An exciting feature of this new online bingo room will be the fact that players will be able to play bingo in multiple currencies. Players will be able to deposit cash in their choice of currency; this amount will then be automatically converted to the currency of the room they are playing in.

There will also be a host of online casino games available for play at the bingo room including blackjack, video poker and slots to name but a few.

With the launch date edging closer, online bingo players will be eager to see what Back2School Bingo has in store for them.

Both Titan Bingo and Bingo Day are offering fun, lucrative promotions to keep bingo players happy this autumn

As the summer comes to an end, the online bingo action is heating up at Euro Partners’ popular bingo sites Titan Bingo and Bingo Day.

September promises to be extra exciting with special bingo games and promotions throughout the month.

With £42,750 in guaranteed prize winnings up for grabs, players are sure to enjoy Titan Bingo and Bingo Day‘s Cash Splash promotion. September’s line-up of Cash Splash bingo games guarantees that a minimum of £1,425 will be given away each and every day. Cash Splash games are played hourly, every day, from noon-6pm for £75 in prize money, and 7pm-midnight for £150 in prize money.

The popular Super Catch Me promotion is also back by popular demand, with more games then ever. Now every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday at 9pm, online bingo players are invited to vie for the £1,000 prize. Based on a sequence of 10 games, starting with a £1,000 jackpot, each game played in the series gets progressively easier, as the jackpot falls in increments of £100 (if the initial £1,000 jackpot is not claimed in the first round). Once the jackpot is won, it is automatically reset at £1,000. Highly interactive, and full of “edge of your seat” suspense, Super Catch Me games are a proven fan favourite amongst online bingo players.

In addition, players are certain to enjoy the ever popular Shop ‘Til You Drop promotion, offered at both Bingo Day and Titan Bingo, in which they can win £1,000 towards a new autumn wardrobe, awarded by random draw. All month long, for every £10 deposited players receive one ticket towards the final draw. In addition, winners of the special daily “Shopping Trolley” games (played daily at 12:35pm, 3:35pm and 7:35pm in the Barmy Club) get 10 free entries.

“Summer may be over,” commented Euro Partners Marketing VP Marc Kenigsberg “but our bingo promotions are bigger and better than ever, going into the autumn season.”

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