For the record- News Catalyst Announces Shipment of New PrePaid Phone Card/Sweepstakes Product to Bingo/Gaming Market
Business Wire - May 20, 1998 09:30
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SARASOTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 1998--Catalyst Communications, Inc. of Sarasota, Florida, (NASDAQ Bulletin Board symbol "CLYC") announced today the shipment to distributors of their new prepaid phone card/sweepstakes product designed specifically for the Bingo/Gaming market.
The card, which retails for $2.00, features 5 minutes of domestic talk time and, at no additional cost, an opportunity to play the "Lucky Call" scratch and win instant sweepstakes game. The sweepstakes offers a 1 in 5 chance of winning prizes ranging from $1.00 all the way up to two grand prizes of $25,000.00.
The initial printing of 2,000,000 cards has been very well received by the marketplace with pre-sales to 22 major Bingo distributors in 17 states who supply products to over 5,000 retail Bingo halls across America.
Sales and marketing of the new "Lucky Call" phone cards is being handled by Stuart & Associates of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, a leader in product design, manufacturing and marketing of products to the Bingo industry for over 21 years.
"We are very pleased with the initial distributor acceptance of our new premium phone card and excited about having a recognized marketing leader, Stuart & Associates, representing our product(s) within the multi-billion dollar retail Bingo marketplace", said Carl Smith, Chairman.
CONTACT: RMJ & Associates Peter Bianchi, 281/596-9000
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