Since its introduction in the UK, bingo has continued to grow beyond expectations. Even the online game introduced in 1996 is already very popular amongst women of 22-25 years of age. There are currently more than 250 bingo websites which attract more female than male players but age is no longer a limitation. People of all ages are attracted to bingo from the old and retired to the young and single.

Bingo is mostly played in the USA, Japan and then the UK. There are more than 600 million pounds spent on online betting. Most of these are seasoned players and investors who take risks but this number is slowly on the increase to over 1 million per annum. Most of the players in the Bingo are below 50 years of age (90%) and women players make up the majority (85%). Bingo therefore tends to target women in the many adverts.

Besides making money and playing for entertainment, Bingo money can be used as a platform to make friends. Friends are then able to play and attract more clients to the game, making the sites even more money. The game in itself is relatively easy to follow but does require some concentration when it comes to marking off the numbers if you want to win.

As a beginner you can access free bingo sites and go on to the money makers when you gain more experience and confidence. It is hoped that after a little practice the novice player will go on to join as a member and end up spending money. The push to attract more clients leads to stiff competition among the various bingo sites and for this reason they are constantly competing with great offers, bonuses and free games.

Bingo is increasingly becoming a favourite learning tool for both Maths and English. Its simplicity and use of affordable materials are among the many factors that are fuelling its use in the education sector. In a classroom set up, the teacher acts as a bingo card caller. The bingo cards that are printed with letters or words that are selected by the teacher.

Here is how bingo in classroom can help provide a metaphor for students. It will teach students phonemic awareness where the students hold each bingo card much like in a casino but this time it has letters in each square. The teacher then calls out the words and each student is expected to identify the letter of which the words begin and find the square where on their card.

In identifying sight words, students seek to match the square according to the word called out. This exercise is to help improve students’ reading and comprehension by visually matching letters and squares. Also known as Dolch Sight Words, bingo can provide a great sensory test between audio and visual cues. To improve vocabulary, the teacher again calls the words he or she has selected.

Bingo, when used in speech lessons, again uses selected words on the cards and the students find the part of speech that has been described. All that it requires is a teacher who is keen to use this methos and of course the bingo cards. There are preprinted cards but the teacher is also encouraged to make inexpensive cards that also meet the needs of the class. To save class time, the teacher can prepare cards in advance or use a computer to generate them.