Word has it Ms Rousso likes pokerIt was suggested recently that female gamblers may be beginning to migrate away from bingo to roulette. While that almost certainly is not the case, women punters are certainly on the increase. Although the fairer sex are not as likely as men to wander into a land-based casino, it does seem as though women are ever more comfortable betting online, which is why they are being targeted by gaming companies. Read more.

21st century housekeepingNot that they didn’t know it already but online bingo sites in particular will be delighted by the results of the latest UK survey. Admittedly, the source is The Sun, but poetic licence aside, the word is housewives spend more time betting on the internet than they do looking after their kids. Read more.

Rien ne va plus for bingo?Never mind that 888 have just bought Wink Bingo for £60m, PartyGaming swept up Foxy Bingo for £72m and that the Times has predicted a 25% growth in the sector next year, according to a recent study online bingo is under threat from roulette, due to the migration of female gamblers. While in the United States roulette has long been established as the most popular form of internet gambling for the fairer sex, bingo has perennially been the UK woman’s online game of choice. However, Gaming Supermarket claim that there has been a huge upsurge in popularity of roulette...

888 are trying to corner the male Bingo market Not content with its already successful site 888 Ladies Bingo the egaming operator has decided to branch out and launch a less female-centric site, simply called 888bingo. The website will initially run on the globalcom network, which is powered by their dragonfish company, but the long-term view is to move it to a standalone site. It seems that more men play bingo than meet the (Kelly’s) eye (did you see what I did there?) so it makes sense to offer a new brand. Read more here.