With bingo fast becoming the nations favorite game why not impress your friends and fellow bingo players with a few simple facts.
• There are over 700 registered bingo clubs in Great Britain with more opening everyday
• The average age of a bingo player is 45
• 30% of players are under 35 and this figure is growing
• The average speed of a bingo caller within Great Britain is a whopping 23 numbers per minute!
• There are over five hundred fifty-two septillion possible arrangements of the numbers on a Bingo card
• Bingo can actually increase your mental speed, observational skills and memory, yet another great reason to play!
• The main reason people give for playing bingo is having fun. Perhaps surprisingly winning comes in 5th!
• Bingo is the only gambling game members of the armed forces are officially allowed to play.
• The average bingo game lasts between 4 to 5 minutes
• In North Carolina USA it is illegal for a game to last over 5 hours
• 85% of bingo players are female
• There are well over 375 online bingo sites which include large bingo hall brands such as meccabingo.com and with more coming in to existence each day like new site Citybingo
• 96% of bingo players claim to have won more than once
• On average 26 people per year are taken to hospital due to over excitement following a winning bingo call
• Bingo has been called many different names over the years including Lotto, Beano and Housie
• Celebrities play bingo as well, famous names include Robbie Williams, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Denise Van Outen
• Bingo was first played to raise money in church fundraisers
• Early versions of bingo were played with coffee beans
• There are two bingo songs. One is a song for children about a farmer with a dog named Bingo and the other is a humorous song by Ashley Wheelhouse called the Bingo Song with these few fun facts in hand you’ll never be stuck again when talk turns to bingo!
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