Bingo statistics show game is more popular than ever

The world of bingo is a numbers game, so it should not be surprising that there are many statistics based on this most popular of past times.

• Two out of three players enjoy online bingo for friendship and social reasons as opposed to financial ones.

• 75 ball bingo has over 6,000 possible pattern combinations.

• 8% of people in Europe play bingo.

• The average speed of calls in a 90 ball game is 23 numbers per minute.

• It is estimated that 4 million people in the UK play online bingo.

• The UK’s biggest ever bingo jackpot was £950,000 in December 2002.

• Bingo is the most popular method for raising money for charity in the world.

• 30% of bingo players are under the age of 35, although new, younger players are taking up the game every day.

With around 400 free online bingo sites to choose from in the UK, and more springing up on a weekly basis; the average online bingo player has a whole kingdom of outstanding places to play bingo. This incredibly popular game continually reinvents itself, and, after around 500 years on the planet, shows no signs of ever disappearing.