Bingo Facts

Everyone loves to surprise their friends with little bits of knowledge and there are some really interesting facts on bingo out there. Here is our pick of the best ones to impress your friends next time you are at a game together!

• When you are waiting for that winning number to appear it can seem to take forever! The actual average time it takes for a winning house to be called is just somewhere between 4 and 4 and a half minutes!
• We have the French to thank for Bingo, they were the first to play the game with cards and calling out numbers.
• It takes just 30 seconds for a caller to check a winning ticket with the new computer systems that are available today.
• Of course, some bingo callers are faster than others, but the average speed of a caller is 23 numbers a minute.
• You are in good company with loving bingo! There are plenty of celebrities who just love a game or two including Robbie Williams, Denise Van Onten and Catherine Zeta Jones.
• In the UK, Bingo is extremely popular! As an average 10% of the female population play it and 5% of the male population!
• The game of bingo as we know it was first established in 1929 by a toy company.
• Bingo was not always called bingo, it used to be called Beano. It was called this as people used dried beans to cover the numbers on the cards.
• 30% of bingo players are under 35 years old.
• If your name is Joe and you are a man playing bingo, then you are more likely than any other male to win (statistically men called Joe win the most)
• If your name is Margaret and you are a woman playing bingo, then you are more likely than any other male to win (statistically women called Margaret win the most)