Facts

Bingo is growing all the time in popularity. We have compiled some facts and figures for you that you may be interested in. Impress your bingo buddies with your knowledge. If you have any other facts, trivia or figures then please let us know.

General

• Some people believe online bingo is less sociable than land based bingo- this really isn’t the case.
• With international players, growing numbers of players in each hall all talking to each other, chat masters talking to you and running extra games- we are sure you will agree online bingo is much more sociable.
• Bingo is the most socially accepted form of gambling.
• Bingo rooms allow players to chat to each other during the game.
• Players come from all over the world to play the game so you may well be speaking to someone from UK, USA or Australia- the perfect way to find some international buddies.

Figures

• 2 out of 3 people go to bingo for social and friendship reasons rather than financial ones.
• Bingo is the most successful fund raising game in the world.
• There are over 6000 pattern combinations possible for 75 ball bingo.
• The number of possible bingo cards for 75 ball bingo is an amazing 552,446,474,061,129,000,000,000.
• If you print a million cards per sec, it would take 17,505,972,382,599.7 years to print every possible bingo card.
• 4,976,640,000 cards would have the same twenty-four numbers
• There are 1,474,200 unique Bingo cards possible for 90 ball bingo.
• Online bingo is split roughly 80% female and 20% male.
• 30% of bingo players are under the age of 35.
• 96% of bingo players have won at some point.
• 8% of the European population plays Bingo
• Women spend 50% more time every week playing bingo than men
• An average British game of bingo takes between 4-4 1/2 minutes
• The average speed of a British bingo caller is 23 numbers per minute
• The average time to check a winning claim is 30 seconds.
• Bingo in the UK took off in the 1960s. Now, more than 3 million people in the UK play bingo.
• The UK’s biggest win was £950,000 on Sunday 22 December 2002

Trivia

• When asked the most common reason for why people play bingo is to make friends.
• Bingo halls started to appear in the USA in 1940!
• The first bingo hall in the UK was in Canton, Cardiff. The number of bingo halls is now up to 699.
• Screeno, a form of bingo, was played in movie theaters during the depression.
• The French were the first to start playing Bingo with cards.
• Bingo became popular in Australia in the early 20th century. It was known as ‘Housie’.
• Most bingo players also like to play slot machines as well as other instant games.
• The casino game, Keno was formed from the game of bingo
• Bingo is the most popular group leisure activity in the UK and the second most popular individual leisure activity.
• Total prize money won in UK stands at over £725 million
• Bingo is the only gambling game allowed by the armed forces
• A majority of bingo players have a pet, most notably a cat.
• Males named Joe win more times every year than other males!
• Women with the name Margaret have won more than other names.
• Bing Crosby’s nickname when growing up was Bingo.
• Famous people love bingo- star appearances are Catherina Zeta Jones, Robbie Williams and Denise Van Outen.