Fun and Facts Archive - Articles from the World of Bingo

Bingo Chat Conduct

When you visit a regular bingo hall, you quickly learn to conduct yourself in a certain way so that you and other players have the best bingo experience possible.

Profit From Bingo Promotions

Online bingo sites are businesses just like those you find on the high street. And just as shops on the high street like to compete with each other by giving their customers special offers and putting on sales, so online bingo sites try to attract customers by setting up reward schemes and offering special promotions.

The Advantages of Playing Online Bingo

More and more bingo fans are choosing to play online instead of venturing out to a traditional game in a bricks-and-mortar building. But why? What’s so appealing about the online version of the game? And what specific advantages does online bingo have over the game played in a regular bingo hall? These are all good questions, and our normal response is to list just some of the main advantages reported by online bingo players themselves. Here is our lucky seven...

Bingo History - UK

If you’re wondering where the United Kingdom is in all of this then you’ll be pleased to hear that Bingo was regulated under the Gaming Act of 1968. This allowed bingo to be played in members-only clubs, which were previously used as dance halls and accordingly well presented. You were expected to dress up to visit these clubs, as it was a real evening out. The game of bingo was also dressed up to suit the occasion, with numbers being given nicknames such as “legs” 11 and “two little ducks” 22.

Bingo through the Ages

Whilst online bingo might possibly be the only exciting thing to come from men’s obsession with modern day technological wizardry (at least, that’s our opinion), the game itself isn’t new at all. In fact, it’s been around for almost five hundred years! Of course, the game itself has changed somewhat over the years, so let’s take a brief look at how our favourite pastime has evolved into what it is today...