Death of The Bingo Halls?

In 2003 the UK saw the introduction of the online bingo sites, and with the no smoking ban, and rising costs is this the end of the traditional bingo hall? Some will argue that you cant beat the atmosphere and the smells of a real bingo hall, actually sitting next to a “real” person and not forgetting that many a good friendship has been made through a bingo hall. In a resent survey it was revealed that 2 out of 3 people play bingo in halls for social reasons rather than financial.

Never the less more and more of us are signing up to the online bingo sites, over 145,000 of us play regularly and this number is growing every day, more and more men are starting to participate although its still mainly a female game around 80% to 20% male, what’s the attraction? From 18 to 80 you can play, you don’t actually sit next to anyone although you could be playing against thousands of people from the comfort of your own home, often playing for thousands and thousands of pounds, you can smoke and have no one telling you to get outside and if want to chat to other people, well this is possible through the internet bingo, quite often from different parts of the world.

Another advantage is that most of the sites will give first time players an incentive to sign up, it might be for your £100 they will give you £100 so you have £200 to play bingo with. The greatest advantage over the bingo halls is the convenience, if you are an insomniac you can find a site and play bingo at 2am, just in from work and have a spare 15mins before the kids are home again you will find a site to accommodate you.