I remember first playing this on AOL. I can't believe it's been 10 years already. If you've never played slingo, you really need to play it at least once. It's kind of like bingo. It's really fun.
HACKENSACK, N.J., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Slingo, Inc. will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this October 28th. For a decade now, Slingo has consistently brought an entertaining blend of casual games and community to the Internet. The flagship game of Slingo debuted to members of America Online on October 28th, 1996 and has been providing an engaging online gaming experience ever since. The original Slingo flagship game was followed by its fast-paced counterpart Slingo Xpress and its poker-style derivative 5 Card Slingo. Slingo survived during the dot-com crash and has successfully grown its business from simple online games and community into a brand licensing giant across just about every available digital medium. To date, Slingo boasts over 3.3 billion games played, a number which continues to grow today.
For 10 strong years, the Slingo community has grown by mass proportions; with tens of millions of people having played the game at some point - 3 million of them joining the online Slingo hub at Slingo.com. Slingo.com has been redesigned recently in order to integrate more social networking features into its community and has opened the floodgates for its community to share pictures and messages and be immersed in the Slingo experience. Slingo has focused its attention not on trying to create a community, but by giving the community the tools needed to facilitate its own organic growth. The community offers the players at Slingo.com an intimate opportunity to share their personal lives with other members, in some cases resulting in members having even fallen in love and gotten married after meeting in a Slingo game room.
Slingo, Inc. attributes much of its success to the growth of its community and its loyal players. "If you haven't played Slingo, your mother, aunt, sister or wife probably has," says Eric Lamendola, Director of Business Development for Slingo. Like most casual game destinations, Slingo is no different as it skews female and draws an older adult audience. According to a recent report published by Jupiter Media Metrix, Slingo is the 10th stickiest brand on the Internet. In looking at the Slingo.com web site, you can quickly tell from its sponsors that its advertising and content is also geared towards women. |
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