Emergence of Online Bingo

While traditional bingo may have been around as long as anyone can remember, online bingo is an incredibly recent phenomenon that has opened up the world of bingo to anyone and everyone you can imagine. Bingo used to be associated with elderly women who had purple perms, bad frocks and teeth they could no longer call their own, online bingo has done away with this stereotype, as it is now played mainly by women aged 20-30. What is also surprising is that men are joining the ranks as bingo buddies, as a few years ago the same men would only bet on sports, or in casinos. Now both sexes have realized the winning value of bingo and have gotten onboard the good ship bingo. Isn't it time you did too?

Online bingo first emerged way back in 1996, when Steven Kane, the founder of "Gamesville" had the bold idea of providing a multi-player online bingo game. The games were not classed as gambling, as players didn't have to put down any money, instead all they had to do was provide some demographic information (such as age, sex and so on) which advertisers would use to target key consumers. Still, while this rudimentary version of online bingo may seem a lifetime away from the high-tech, user friendly and more importantly, incredibly fun version we play now, a few tweaks and adjustments to this format over the past 12 years have paved the way for great bingo sites that we all know and love.

Still, with every great idea there are hundreds, if not thousands of copycats who will try the same thing and online bingo is no exception. If there is one great site, you can guarantee that there will be at least five terrible ones, so who can guide you through this tricky territory of good bingo vs. bad bingo? In short, Bingotimes.com . The site by bingo players for bingo players, who can help you find a site specifically catered to your needs. Want to know the biggest bingo bonus? Bingo Times can direct you to who has the biggest. Whatever your bingo needs, make sure to head on over to Bingotimes.com; the place to go when it comes to online bingo.

4th September 2008