Bingo Aid to UK Charities

As the world of online bingo continues to grow at an astonishing rate, the support it offers to many communities in the UK also continues to increase. Inline with many land based bingo halls across the nation, the online bingo game has established many successful links with a variety of charities and worthwhile causes.

BigHeartBingo.com was unveiled in 2007 with the intention of raising £10 million annually within 5 years of its launch. It was accepted that the majority of online bingo players did not often play just for good causes, but that in addition to the obvious financial incentives, they played for entertainment and for the social experiences associated with online bingo.

BigHeartBingo.com recognised that if all the entertainment and prize potential of the commercial online bingo sites was matched then online bingo players would play for charity, particularly if they were able to decide which good cause they wished to support. The idea was that with an estimated 170,000 charities registered in the UK, if 5% of these charities enlisted to participate and BigHeartBingo.com  could attract 50 players per charity, then an incredible £51 million  per year could be raised for worthy causes. Today the site is well on its way to accomplishing its goal.

Another online bingo operator to have helped to raise aid and awareness for UK based charities is Bingos.co.uk. In addition to hosting online charity bingo nights each week, they offer players the option of donating all or a percentage of their bonuses and winnings on a 1:1 (bonus/cash) ratio to a wide selection of causes. To date the site has raised cash for causes which include RSPCA, Breast Cancer Care, BBC Children in Need, NSPCC and Cancer Research UK.

With the online bingo phenomenon expected to maintain its healthy rate of growth, the charitable efforts of both BigHeartBingo.com and Bingos.co.uk will surely do the same, ensuring that good causes will continue to benefit alongside online bingo’s big winners.

19th June 2008