Online Bingo an Old-timer Revived
May 2nd 2008 by admin in Play Bingo Online, bingo 0
Bingo is for many associated with little old ladies and a smoke packed room. But the times they are a-changin’ and the stereotypical image of a bingo player has changed dramatically over the last few years. Now very young women are also attacked to the classic game, and find themselves spending more and more time visiting bingo halls, whether online or land based. Latest statistics show that more than 8.5 million people played bingo last year, and a rise of 15% in younger players could be witnessed. The Bingo Association asserts that nearly half of the players are younger than 45. The majority of bingo players are, however, still women. According to recent figures, 51.000 young women under 35 now play bingo online. 22% of these even log on more times a week than they go to the gym and 12% play bingo more often than having sex. Moreover, bingo does not seem to appeal to one segment of the population more than another, at least when it comes to younger women. With these numbers in mind, no doubt bingo has had a revival.
The new interest in bingo most likely is influenced by the heavy promotion from the online casino and bingo industry. Celebrities like Denise Van Outen and Catherine Zeta Jones have been headhunted for publicity purposes, and it seems to have helped whitewash the old-fashioned granny game in the eyes of many youngsters. The great attraction of bingo might just be the social element. People meet and have fun, exchange latest news, and on top of it they can even win money. This theme has been developed by online bingo rooms, which have created online social networks for their bingo players, by highlighting their forums and chat rooms. This way they hope to recreate some of the social aspect of the bingo game. Many of the young women visiting the bingo halls for the first time quickly discover that bingo in fact requires a lot of concentration and mental agility. It is not for senile old ladies, and many find it hard to follow the fast pace at first.
In spite of the new and great focus on drawing younger players, the bingo halls cannot obliterate the fact that a majority of their players are still middle-aged or elderly women. They still need to satisfy this segment as well as the new one. Many of the new inventions in the bingo halls don’t always go down too well with the older players. They do for instance find it a shame that the old bingo lingo is disappearing in order to provide a more serious and professional atmosphere. The rhyming slang, such as “clikckety-click†(66), “two fat ladies†(88) and “legs eleven†(11), once thought inseparable part of the game, now are rarely heard. However many of the women bring the next generation to the tables, and the joy of spending time with their daughters or grandchildren and hand over a beloved pastime, far outweigh the reminiscent mood over a time lost. With the speed of bingos rising popularity we will for sure witness even more adaptation and invention in the game. After all, the online bingo industry has only just started.
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