B-I-N-G-O was his name-o

Attention, bingo addicts!

PacificNet, Inc., a frequent newsmaker these days at CRMchump, announced today that its Take1 Technologies subsidiary has introduced a new line of gaming machine products: Electronic Bingo Machines.

Electronic Bingo Machines are pretty much what you’d expect, with no paper and ink needed! The Take1 Bingo Machines are based on a client-server computer network architecture, with players buying electronic bingo tickets using an electronic bingo terminals in a sales outlet. This automation promises to allow for a faster game and for play from any location that’s linked to the central electronic bingo server. Both features naturally increase the bingo operator’s revenue.

Software for the machines was co-developed by PacificNet’s software outsourcing unit Pacific Solutions Technology in Shenzhen, China.

PacificNet was even kind enough to provide a little scintillating history for those of us in the biz but not in-the-know about the game itself: Bingo is a form of lottery which can be traced back to a game called Lotto, played in Italy in 1530. When Italy was united in 1530, the Italian National Lottery Lo Giuoco del Lotto d’Italia was organized and has been held at weekly intervals to this date.

Take1 Technologies, a member of PacificNet group, is a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of multimedia entertainment and communication kiosk products. Take1 Technologies is based in Hong Kong and markets and distributes its products around the world including in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia.

Beijing- and Hong Kong-headquartered PacificNet Inc. is an investor in and operator of companies that provide outsourcing, e-commerce, and value-added services in China, such as call centers, telemarketing, direct response television marketing, CRM, interactive voice response, mobile applications, and communications product distribution services. PacificNet corporate clients include China Telecom, China Mobile, Unicom, PCCW, Hutchison Telecom, Bell24, SONY, TCL, Huawei, American Express, Citibank, HSBC, Bank of China, Bank of East Asia, DBS, TNT, and the Hong Kong government. PacificNet employs over 2,300 in China with offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Macau, and branch offices in 26 provinces.