Bingo is a big part of our popular culture with many people playing this game regularly as a hobby. As bingo continues to grow thanks to its move online, we can now say that it’s a big part of popular culture but how did this happen and what can we expect in the future?
Tie-Ins with TV Shows and Other Games
The classic game of bingo can now be played online, but the emergence of online bingo has allowed operators to diversify and offer different ways of playing. This can be seen with the options for online bingo at Paddy Power, where the games take place in a wide selection of themed rooms. These include Deal or No Deal bingo as well as slingo games based on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
This has been done by keeping the same basic gameplay that’s always been a big part of bingo, as players look to complete a full card by marking every number. Having said that, the addition of TV show franchises like those mentioned has allowed developers to a new look and, in some cases, extra features that tie in with the theme.
Slot games are now a big part of popular culture too, and this is reflected in the way that these games are also used as the basis for bingo. The Age of the Gods series is a good example, with this series of slots based on mythological figures, such as those mentioned here by GreekMythology, leading to a bingo game based on the same theme.
Now Available to More People
Something has to reach a large number of people in our society to be truly classed as a part of popular culture, and that’s where bingo going online has helped massively. It was previously popular in the 1960s and 1970s, with many regular players regarding a trip to their local bingo hall as one of the highlights of their week.
Yet, the fact it can now be played online has meant that the reach of this game is now much wider than ever before. With a large number of games available online at any time of day, it’s been converted into a game that has a far wider potential audience than even in its moments of maximum popularity in the past.
Bingo on TV and In Movies
We’ve also witnessed in recent years how bingo has become increasingly widely used on TV shows. From the British Comedy called Eyes Down to an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Better Call Saul, this game can add a touch of drama or comedy to any type of series. The Rampage movie from 2009 even shows how the people who play this game concentrate so fully that they don’t even notice what’s going on around them.
Bearing that in mind, what can we expect from bingo in the future? It seems certain that this classic game becomes more closely entwined with the rest of popular culture, as more bingo games are based on diverse themes of interest to a large percentage of the population and bingo appears in more TV shows and movies too.
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