Slingo Partners With Universal Manufacturing To Introduce Gaming Pull-tabs

Sept. 26, 2012 - PRLog -- HACKENSACK, NJ -- Slingo, Inc., a leading cross-media gaming company, today announced it is partnering with Universal Manufacturing Co., the oldest charitable gaming ticket manufacturer in North America, to launch 3-window and 5-window Slingo pull tabs in the Charitable Gaming, Tribal and bingo markets.

The agreement marks Slingo’s first foray into the $250 million pull tab industry, and expands the company’s presence in bingo halls and Charitable/non-profit organizations in over 22 states.  The 5-window ticket will be available next week, with the 3-window pull tabs following shortly thereafter.  

“Our ongoing strategy is to make Slingo accessible to consumers wherever and however they play, and pull-tabs fill in yet another gaming category for us,” said Rich Roberts, CEO of Slingo Inc.  “Universal has the proven expertise within the marketplace to expand our brand and we are excited to partner with them to deliver a new Slingo experience.”

Adds, Joe Wilner, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Universal:  “Slingo is one of the most popular global gaming brands, and we are looking forward to introducing it to the pull-tab market in the U.S.”

Slingo is a thrilling combination of bingo and slots that reaches over 55 million people through casino slots, online games, retail, mobile and other platforms.  Over 50 million Slingo games have been downloaded across the Internet with almost 5 billion games of Slingo played online.

About Slingo, Inc.

Established in 1996, Slingo, Inc. is one of the leading cross-media gaming companies worldwide.  It currently develops and licenses the intellectual property for the Slingo brand of games for casual and social games; casino slot machines and table games; lottery tickets and TV programming.  The company has experienced tremendous success on new consumer platforms including Facebook, where its inaugural game was one of the fastest-growing games ever introduced on the networking site; as well as in the App Store where it continues to rank among the top casino apps.  Globally, Slingo is ideally positioned within the iGaming industry as one of the leading thought-leaders and proponents within this burgeoning industry.

The Slingo brand reaches over 55 million people through casino slots, online, retail, mobile and other platforms, and its website has over 4 million registered users.  New players can join Slingo’s vibrant social community, play free games, and enter sweepstakes by simply registering at http://www.slingo.com.