What is online bingo

What is Online Bingo?

Although the origins of bingo date back as far as the 16th century, online bingo is a much newer phenomenon. Following its legalisation under the 1968 Gaming Act, bingo was played exclusively in members-only clubs. Soon after this, bingo halls started using random number generators, or RNG’s, which allowed the bingo balls to be allocated randomly. The RNG’s, along with the emergence of increasing numbers of purpose-built bingo halls, contributed to the game’s popularity right into the 1980’s. In 1986 the National Bingo game was launched, allowing players to participate in the same game at bingo halls across the country.

You can find out more about the history of bingo with our dedicated article: Bingo History and read on to find out more about the online version of this highly popular game.

As an ever-growing phenomenon, online bingo in the UK has enjoyed a short but successful history to date. The US had had online bingo sites for some time, but it wasn’t until 2003 that the first online bingo UK sites emerged. Despite this, the online bingo UK craze continues to grow and is hugely popular, especially among women.

To offer players an alternative to the sociable and fun environment in conventional bingo halls, online bingo halls like Littlewoods Bingo offer live chat, so that the players can catch up on the latest gossip and meet new friends whilst playing bingo. Players can chat whilst playing multiple cards of bingo, play chat games, and share in one another’s success. It’s this strong sense of community that makes bingo so successful outside of the traditional bingo hall and insude online bingo UK sites; players get to know one other, share tips and have fun in bingo forums and chat rooms.

An added attraction of playing bingo online is that all the fun of the traditional bingo game is brought to you in the comfort and familiarity of you own home; letting you take part when it suits you and not when the bingo hall is open! Online bingo UK sites like Littlewoods Bingo have strived to offer their players plenty of variety to ensure there’s never a dull moment. Players can choose from single player games, in which the size of the cash prize is determined by how quickly the player fills their card, or multiplayer games, in which players can compete against each other to complete a set pattern on their card. Littlewoods Bingo offers live bingo and live chat, so it’s almost like having a bingo hall in your own home.

Popular with many different types of people, bingo is however the only gambling activity that is more likely to be played by women than men and the ratio of women to men participating in online bingo is thought to be roughly 70:30. More and more male players are seeing what there missing out of and joining in however. All new players are welcome here, so come and play online bingo today to become a part of our growing online community.