# Online charity bingo site attracts 1,000 new players a month

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/11/30/online-charity-bingo-site-attracts-1000-new-players-month/
- Published: 2007-11-30T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Gaming Ventures Plc reports that bigheartbingo.co.uk, “the UK’s only charity bingo
site”, has recorded a tenfold increase in the numbers of customers registering since
the new Gaming Act came into force.
The company attrbites the rise in registrations
to the growth in advertising for commercial bingo sites that followed the legalisation
of online bingo under the new Gambling Act.

The three most popular charity sectors bing selected for support by site users are
animal charities (28% of the popular vote), cancer research (19%) and children’s
charities (18%). Individual campaigns such as the Adam Griffin Cancer Appeal have
received 5% of the popular vote.

Jeremy Collis, originator of the Charity Bingo concept, said: “These new players
all select the charity sector they wish to support and then 50% of BigHeartBingo’s
net revenue goes to charities in the sector those players have selected.”

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