Bingo is often considered by many as an old-fashioned card game by many. After all, why play bingo when you can play other more popular games such as poker, gin rummy, baccarat, and others? Bingo is a game many people think that only the old people play. However, it may surprise people to know that millions and millions of people around the world still play online bingo. In fact, according to statistics, more than 60 million people all over the world still play this quite beloved card game. And majority of that number actually resides in the United Kingdom. This is proof that in the United Kingdom, bingo remains to be one of the top card games, only second to the massively popular lottery.

Another proof that bingo is popular in the United Kingdom? Bingo on television. In the United Kingdom, there is a cable channel devoted to bingo, wherein players simply have to buy their cards from the Internet and other means. With card at hand, they can play right at the comfort of their own homes. Noticeably, this is quite similar to online bingo, except for one important factor: the television is more far reaching than the Internet, at least if you take into consideration the usual age of bingo players. Although many people play online bingo, to a point where the younger players are actually enticed to play bingo online, there are still a number of players who cannot play bingo online due to a number of reasons. Therefore, they still play bingo in traditional bingo halls. But with bingo television, they can forego playing inside a bingo hall for the convenience of playing bingo while sitting on their couch.

One reason why bingo could be popular in the United Kingdom is the fact that bingo is actually being played in casinos and other similar clubs. Instead of the usual bingo halls, the bingo clubs in the United Kingdom are actually more like exclusive clubs rather than the typical dingy setup. In United Kingdom, playing bingo is much more appealing than in any other place in the world. In fact, many bingo halls and online bingo websites parade the fact that even celebrities play bingo. The likes of Chris Evans, Emma Bunton of the Spice Girls, Jennifer Lopez, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, among others, have been seen playing bingo, whether online or offline.

Even more surprisingly, bingo is still growing in the United Kingdom, especially among the younger population. In terms of online bingo popularity, only the United States of America and Japan have UK beat. In the UK, online bingo is currently the top pastime among young women aged 20 to 25. Although it is said that online bingo players in the United Kingdom have even reached an overwhelming number, people expect it to hit such numbers in the long run.

Thanks to the benefits of technology, especially of the Internet, bingo and online bingo have suddenly become a phenomenon in the United Kingdom, as it is around the world. And it isn’t surprising.

The free online bingo site LiveBingo.com is fast becoming a household name in the UK.  They are now supporting the RSPCA in a campaign which will help people get their pets spayed, very important in this time of recession when it’s often difficult to even keep existing pets.  LiveBingo.com is offering £30 each to the first 100 Live Bingo members who present a recent invoice for the spaying of their pet.  Good idea.

Playing online bingo at bet365 will give you a chance to win two tickets to see Sir Elton John on his 2008 Red Piano Tour in Paris.  Bet365 is the 16th largest private company in the UK and employs over 800 people.  The site boasts over 2 million players in 140 different countries so at this moment the lucky winner of the tickets could be absolutely anywhere in the world.