The word gambling has always been associated with the mounds of money been won and lost by the players in a game. This massive inflow and outflow of money in the gambling clubs have made the casinos so popular among the people.
Earlier bound by fund-raising activities of the churches and the senior citizens, even the simple game like casino bingo gained a memento when it offered the players the chance hit great jackpots. However, reaching out to these bingo clubs was always a problem for those who had to travel long distances or even fly to the far off places play the game of casino bingo.
So, to make it more accessible, more cost effective and more rewarding, bingo moved online. The moment it hit the online world of gaming, it became a global passion thus bringing a new bingo revolution that yielded the gross earnings of $50 million in 2006! Wow! And not just that, casino bingo became so popular that as per the estimate made by the industry, America alone contributed a share in the online bingo industry that exceeded the bingo revenues of the rest of the world. Well, this was the estimate in 2006, when online bingo was in its initial stage of development. Imagine how these figures would be now when more than 80% of the American and the British players have found their happiness in the online bingo rooms.
Restricted to the superior class of society earlier, today the game of casino bingo has broken the age barriers by alluring the players within the age-group of 20-25 years as well with their full-of-life bingo games. Old and young, men and women, the bingo games of today are for everyone! There are the speed bingo games for the fast youth of today and then there are the classic traditional games to match the bingo needs of the old citizens of the society.
Began with a boom in 1990s, casino bingo is spreading like a fire obviously burning down the business of the churches and the land establishments of the bingo clubs. Such a big blow on the land-based bingo business made them raise their voice against this new form bingo thus getting it banned in lots of places.
Due to this ban, the online bingo business suffered a great setback in the several states of US too. Result... millions of online bingo fans were increasingly seen breaking the law to login and play casino bingo online. And with so many fans around, online bingo industry won’t be shut for long as we already see the efforts being made to make it a legal in America! :-)