eBingo Caliente to Launch
OAKVILLE, Ontario – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Parlay Entertainment Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PEI; PINK SHEETS:PRYNF), the world's leading supplier of Internet bingo solutions, is pleased to announce that it has completed a software licensing agreement with Hipodromo de Agua Caliente, S.A. de C.V., the renowned 90-year-old race and sportsbook operator based in Tijuana, Mexico.
eBingo Caliente will be the world's first Internet bingo site to specifically target the Mexican and South American markets with a Spanish language, 90-number bingo product. The website is expected to launch in the third quarter of 2005, and will feature a Spanish language user interface as well as Spanish-speaking bingo callers.
"Caliente has chosen Parlay's software in order to be at the forefront of the burgeoning Internet bingo industry," said Andrew Branscombe, Vice President of Sales for Parlay Entertainment Inc. "Caliente has a proud history of firsts, including the distinction of being the first online sportsbook to link with satellites in the 1990's. eBingo Caliente will give this well-known entertainment brand first mover status in a very large and relatively untapped entertainment market.
"The market for online bingo is virtually untapped outside of English-speaking North America and the United Kingdom," continued Mr. Branscombe. "Bingo is one of the most popular games in the world, and yet Spanish-speaking players have been vastly underserved by the online game."
"It has always been our principle to provide the best available products to both our land-based and Internet customers, hence our decision to choose Parlay Entertainment over the other players in the market," said Victor de la Fuente, Corporate Director of Wagering and New Projects for Caliente.
"With the combination of Parlay's leading bingo solutions and Caliente's gaming operations, our two companies look forward to bringing the excitement of Internet bingo into Mexico."
