There are two prevalent forms of bingo played in the world. The American variant is 75-ball bingo which is played on a 5x5 card with the center square usually labeled as free. In the UK, most of Europe, parts of South America and Australia, a game of 90-ball bingo is played on a 9x3 card. Both of these can be played online, of course.
Recent surveys, one in particular commissioned by St Minver Ltd, listed the US, Japan and the UK as the top three countries with the highest propensity for playing online bingo.
552,446,474,061,128,648,601,600,00 (five hundred fifty-two septillion, four hundred forty-six sextillion, four hundred forty-eight billion, six hundred one million, six hundred thousand): The number of possible number arrangements on a single bingo card. Try saying the number quickly.
Approximately 1.7% of the 3 million people that play bingo regularly are now playing online. 90% of the above figure pertains to players below the age of 50, debunking the legend that bingo is a elderly-centric tame. 85% of online bingo players are women.
$150 million is what the global market’s revenue has been estimated at for bingo, of which 85% is provided by the US. The UK, however, is the fastest growing online market.
