Bingo is England’s Number One Game
- Filed under: Bingo
- Date: Nov 30,2010
Britain has many games it loves. It loves cricket, soccer and darts. It loves snooker, scrabble and golfing there is, however, one game that it loves more than all of the others. That’s the game on bingo. Why is bingo England’s fave game and why is it so preferred?
To answer that question you first have to look at the game of bingo itself. It is a fun and enjoyable game. You don’t need to know the rules or have any real expertise to play it. As long as you want to have a fun time you will like Bingo. This is good for people who like to play games but don’t want to be real competitive.
Women make up 50% of the population but there are many games they aren’t into. You will find many women aren’t into cricket or soccer. They don’t really like snooker or chess. So if there is a game that many of them are into, that is going to do wonders for their participation numbers.
And girls are into bingo. They love it due to how straightforward it is. They do not get into games like men do. Men can be especially overenthusiastic and over the top. You cannot truly get that in bingo explaining why they’re keen on it. They like the relaxed pace.
England has always loved playing bingo. During the early stages of the Second World War when England was getting blitzed and was doing it by itself without the aid of the United States of America, it was very
difficult going for the people of England. There wasn’t much in their lives to look forward to. They wanted something to escape the difficult times and to bring about a sense of normalcy to the lives.
That something was bingo. Playing bingo during these arduous days allowed them a distraction that could take them around from the stress and trauma of what the reality was. Fantasy provided the perfect escape. And so people in their millions played bingo.
It is even reported that Sir Winston Churchill would play bingo from 10 Downing Street. There was a war themed bingo game and he was part of it. Thus it was a novel experience for him to play a game featuring himself. Of course the bingo became more enjoyable once the tide of the war turned and there wasn’t much of an impact in England.
Some of England’s largest events have tied themselves into bingo. There had been a World Cup themed bingo game in 1966 to occur simultaneously with the 1966 World Cup that Britain hosted. Excitement was enormous and the bingo game revolved round the groups of the planet Cup and particularly the Britain stars ; the likes of Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton, Nobby Stiles and Gordon Banks. Then when Britain won the competition for the 1st and still the sole ever time they released another memorial bingo game.
Jessica Maylor is a freelance journalist who writes for a number of blogs and Internet sites. She has recently written a number of articles on Red Bus Bingo and bingo in England. Jessica has found that women in England are keen on playing bingo whenever they have the chance.