Top 10 Bingo Facts

We are bingo fanatics here at Mecca Bingo – as well as playing online bingo we also like to learn a bit about the history of this great game. So we’ve prepared a list of our favourite bingo facts, some of which you will possibly know, and others we are guessing you’ve never heard of!

1. Bingo as we know it used to be called ‘Beano’. How many of you can imagine shouting that out at your local Mecca Bingo Club
   
   
2. There are a possible 1,474,200 unique bingo card combinations
   
   
3. One of the biggest bingo hall wins ever took place in Sheffield on 22 December 2002, when Paula Young scooped just under £1m (£956,000). Online bingo jackpots have since exceeded this though!
   
   
4. The bingo industry employs around 20,000 people
   
   
5. Celebrity bingo lovers include television presenter Denise Van Outen, Hollywood actress Catherine Zeta Jones, and pop star Robbie Williams
   
   
6. More than 3 million people regularly play bingo in the UK – more than go to watch Premiership football every Saturday!
   
   
7. The National Bingo Game is the second largest computer-controlled game in the UK behind The National Lottery
   
   
8. Around 8% of the UK population play bingo – 10% of all women and 5% of all men
   
   
9. The National Bingo Game has given away over £900,000,000 in prize money since it started in 1986
   
   
10. Around £1,000,000 in prize money is won by bingo players in the UK each week

If you’re after even more top bingo facts and history, when not head over to our Origins of Bingo article, where we give you the lowdown on how bingo began. After you’ve had a good read, why not put your new found knowledge into practice and try for a great bingo jackpot by playing online bingo here at Mecca.

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