Playing Bingo Online
The boys (and of course some of the girls) may prefer playing online poker, but the online favourite amongst the girls (and of course some of the boys) is online bingo. Playing bingo online has been one of the fastest growing areas of online gaming. Live bingo has always attracted a mainly female demographic, and that is also seen to some extent in the online version of the game.
It seems however that online bingo has a larger proportion of male players than does live bingo. Maybe this is because of the anonymity of the online bingo experience and that males, perhaps a little reluctant to turn up at a real bricks and mortar bingo club, are much more likely to play online.
Interestingly the average age of male online bingo players is significantly lower that the average age of females. Men average out at 37 years, whilst the women are on average 47 years old. The proportion of females to males who play online is approximately 9 to 1.
So how big has online bingo become? Over 20% of all online gaming in the UK is now accounted for by bingo; its growth rate in 2009 alone was in excess of 50%. This is because the game is attracting a rapidly growing contingent of young people, who enjoy its appeal to fun-loving natures and the fact that the game can be enjoyed and not taken too seriously.
Perhaps this last point is crucial. Whilst playing poker online has become a significant challenge to the intellect and generally is taken very seriously, playing bingo online could not be simpler and it is mostly played for fun.
Playing bingo online is not only fun, it can be very lucrative too as a peek at some of the big winners at SkyBingo will demonstrate. You might also note that they have a very generous welcome bonus. If you simply open an account and play £5, then you will receive £15 completely free with which you can purchase bingo tickets.