HACKENSACK, N.J., July 21, 2006 — Slingo, Inc., a leader in the casual games industry, is treading new ground today by launching the first online social-networking community geared towards women. Slingo.com is further tapping into the consistently growing casual games market by focusing the attention of their community towards giving women a place to congregate. "Slingo.com has a population of almost 80 percent women and has had a consistently growing community for the past four years. We want to give women a place where they can connect with each other, make new friends and have fun," said Slingo Inc.'s Director of Online Operations, Peter Czech.
This social networking community allows users to: create a full-featured profile with pictures; leave messages for their friends and family; invite more people to join their circle of friends; search for new friends with common interests; and get more involved with people who enjoy games. Along with the ability for Slingo.com users to expand their social networks, the Slingo community also offers lively forums for users to share everything from game tips to recipes, an E-greetings area where users can send E-cards to their friends and family, daily and weekly contests, and a prize area where members can win cash and prizes by using their Slingo Coins (the Slingo.com currency).
Slingo.com's new community has opened up new advertising opportunities as well. After being one of the first casual game portals on the Internet to serve valuable in-game video advertisements last August, the expanded community offers an added value to advertisers beyond that offered by other similar web properties.
About Slingo, Inc.
Slingo, Inc. is a U.S.-based company whose visionary leadership and creative minds have effectively developed and licensed the intellectual property for the Slingo brand for over 10 years. As a leader in the continually growing "casual games" space, Slingo, Inc. has successfully licensed to partners worldwide for use with online game sites, downloadable games, instant lottery tickets, casino slot machines, casino table games, broadcast and cable television, mobile phone games, and other interactive media. Slingo Inc.'s flagship game "Slingo" boasts over three billion games played, due in part to its irresistible game play and community. Some of Slingo, Inc.'s partners are America Online, IGT, Funkitron, Oberthur Gaming Technologies, The United States Playing Card Company, Blaze and TVcompass. People can play Slingo and other games, as well as join the social networking community by going to http://www.slingo.com.
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