Bingo is an age-old game that has been in thriving in the UK since a long time. Even today in the age of internet, there are still some surviving bingo halls that manage to attract a large crowd. As the game has almost grown to become a tradition, its popularity continues to rage in the charity events, fund raising and the regular celebration gathering. After the smoking ban, there has been an observed declined in the bingo playing population at the bingo halls.

Britain has observed a subsequent decline in the crowd attending the bingo halls, there has been a decline in the bingo halls as well. Quite a few bingo halls have been shut down bringing the numbers down to just a few surviving ones. Ban on public smoking is not the lone reason for this decline; it can also be credited to the growing popularity of the online bingo games. The online bingo games have raised to the popularity levels because of the attractive prizes and promotions associated with them. The prizes are not all that attractive at the bingo halls, thus cutting down the money-minded or the prize-oriented crowd. As the world has further succumbed in to the credit crunch, the reduced income has further caused the people to stick on to the online bingo games.

The future of bingo games can be easily analyzed for the coming 10 years. While the current scenario has a large number of online bingo sites, this can be compared to the poker games of the yester years. The game of poker saw a major raise with the game reaching out to a large number of online sites. After the poker boom reached its exhaustion, there was a tremendous decline in the online poker sites. Currently the game is survived with just a few online sites. In the coming years, online bingo sites might also face such a fate. The larger online bingo sites may take over the smaller ones and there will be a considerable decrease in the number of online bingo sites. There can also be a possibility of the online bingo site merging along with the various other factors in order to survive. The social aspect of the online bingo sites will be much enhanced, with social net workings taking a centre stage. The prizes will get more attractive and the chat rooms will get busier. Whatever, might be the surviving strategy, the future of the bingo games appears faint.