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Here are some interesting bingo facts and bingo trivia that are perfect as chat up lines and ice breakers. They won’t save your life but they may just get the conversation going. Use these on a first date or to cheer up a friend or even in the online bingo chat rooms and see where the conversation takes you.
• More than 3 million people play bingo regularly in the UK.
• The majority of bingo players are women in the UK about 85% as research tells us.
• Carl Leffler, the professor who originally developed all the bingo cards played allegedly went insane as a result of his work.
• The average age of bingo players is 45 but 30% of bingo players are under 35.
• The majority of bingo players have 1-3 kids under 15, household income under £30K and drive a small to medium size of car.
• Bingo is the only gambling game that members of the armed forces are allowed to play.
• Bingo is used in Germany as an educational tool to teach students multiplication and number tables.
• The current bingo game originated from an Italian Lottery called Lo Giuoco del Lotto d'Italia in 1530s.
• An average British bingo game takes around 4 to 4.5 minutes.
• Most bingo players also play slot machines or video slots.
• According to a survey, winning is only the 5th reason for playing bingo.
• Mathematically there are 1,474,200 unique bingo card variations.
• The number of possible arrangements of the numbers on a bingo card is;
552,446,474,061,128,648,601,600,000
• In North Carolina USA, it’s illegal for a bingo game to last over 5 hours.
• 8% of the European population plays bingo.
• 85% of online bingo players in the UK are female.
• 67% of online bingo players play at more than one bingo site.
• 68% of online bingo players smoke, compared to 28% UK average.
• 60% of online bingo players also play lottery games.
• 75% of online bingo players DON’T go to land based bingo clubs.
• 96% of online bingo players have won bingo at least once.
• Human Bingo game is played to help people get to know each other.
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