Going live in Q2:-

http://www.bigboxbingo.com/

NetPlay TV are launching Big Box Bingo Q2 2007 - this will be a unique TV and online bingo experience.
The combination of a quality live TV show, marking off bingo cards in your own home, and big cash prizes is a winning combination. With over 70% of UK bingo customers smoking - the smoking ban in July 2007 will, we believe, drive many traditional bingo customers to look for an alternative formof participation.



Once you've joined the bingo club, members receive bingo tickets direct to their home which can then be activated by phone.

"Sunday Express 1 July 07
Bingo goes on the box
By Geoff Ho

Lottery operator NetPlay is launching a live interactive satellite TV bingo show which could soon end up on ITV1, according to a source close to the company.

The show, dubbed Big Box Bingo, will premiere on Sky channel 157 on Tuesday. Six possible jackpots of 100,000 will be on offer for every show.

Players will receive cards through the post or in newspaper inserts, or they can be downloaded from the website www.bigboxbingo.com.

However, the programme could soon end up on terrestrial TV. Both ITV and Channel 5 have held discussions with NetPlay about broadcasting such a show but are waiting to see how Big Box Bingo performs on Sky before agreeing any deal.

A source close to the discussions said: If this takes off, it could be a prime time show, but they want to see that it works before they commit.

NetPlay chief executive Martin Higginson believes interactive TV bingo will be popular, thanks to the ban on smoking in public places, which comes in today, because it will allow people to light up while they play at home."

I see the newspapers are doing the same thing one line , also some of the bookies . The market for bingo will have to fight for punters . I am watching .

did you watch the show fliper? Looks ideal for prime time Saturday evening viewing.

The large database (800K+ )and an average game cost of 9 make this a possible very profitable cash cow if it takes off.

MH certainly thinks it will be, he upped his stake by another 500K yesterday along with other directors.

Starting a break-out now.

Through 40p now with volumes increasing.

big buying going through this morning??

If this bingo thing takes off, who knows where this one could go, It seems to have legs to push on for 100p maybe?

Still on the charge, imagine a major broadcaster deal? what about if they take this thing global, US?

Could be very very lucrative? maybe MECCA or somebody will want to get in on the act?

Always thought one of the big bingo groups may take a stake as a hedge against the smoking ban effecting them in an adverse manner.

We'll see...

Buying continues...

Had a small retracement on profit taking but the big buyer seems to have re-appeared today.

Looks set to move ahead again now, MH may also be giving an update on how bbb is going now that we've had a few shows under the belt.

Bouncing off new support line at 37p??

Yes, could do with some news, market doesn't help!!

another dog, praying on desperate housewives

liveroullete moving to freeview, should earn a few 's for the co.

Sunday Express carrying news of a link up with ITV, both parties refusing to comment.

Volume picking up??

Chart starting to turn.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/feb/10/ladbrokes.mobilephones


".....Martin Higginson, the entrepreneur who founded controversial ringtone firm Monster Mob, is now chairman of NetPlay TV - a quoted interactive gaming firm that is growing rapidly. Last summer, it launched its first Mobile gaming product, Quids In. Today it has more than 50,000 regular players generating in excess of 200,000 a month. He says mobile-phone gambling will become 'a serious proposition' from next year. Today, he says, just 20 per cent of Britons have the necessary third-generation mobile phones.

NetPlay is currently licensed in the UK, unlike most inter-active gambling firms, which are based in offshore locations, such as Gibraltar, to avoid tax. Soon NetPlay will follow them. It admitted in a recent trading statement that it is looking to go offshore to boost profits...... "

M.H about to do a deal if he can raise the cash!!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/03/16/ccreal116.xml

Deal done, rapidly increases the size of the co. and achieves critical mass at a stroke:-

http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&cb=1205792089&article=25301911&symbol=L%5ENPT

SP thinking about starting an uptrend, with the results due shortly they should be able to give more of an indication on recent trading.