Bingo Boosts the Brain: Playing bingo can keep the mind in trim - and the older you are the more agile you may be, researchers have found at Southampton University. Similar studies at Harvard University showed social activities, such as playing games like bingo or going shopping, are just as good for their health as physical exercise.

Bus Bingo: Arriva the bus company has launched Bus Bingo to encourage people to leave their cars behind and use public transport. Bingo callers are aboard the buses and passengers can play as they travel!

Bingo is the best game to play for your chance to become a millionaire. According to a study at Cambridge University when the National Bingo link up game takes place the chances of winning £1million are 200,000-1!

Other Interesting Bingo Facts

More than 3 million regular players in UK
Total annual stake money about £1.1bn
One in five Scots plays regularly, compared with only one in 20 in south of England
70% of players are female
The average age of players is 47
The average player spends £15-20 a night, not counting winnings
Bingo is played by Denise Van Outen, Elle MacPherson, and Atomic Kitten
The biggest National Bingo win ever was £956,000.
There are 552,446,474,061,129,000,000,000,000 bingo card combinations!

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