Well online bingo’s popularity stems mostly from its simplicity, it’s like a lottery, you can win or lose at the drop of a hat and there’s no real thought process involved. Many of us like playing poker a game of strategy and luck, but sometimes it’s more fun to just take a random stab in the dark which is of course where the popularity of slots and other games of chance stem from. The main benefit bingo has over these other random chance games is that it lasts quite a long time, a game of bingo lasts a good few minutes where as a roll on the slots last only a few seconds. The final point would be the social option the opportunity for banter and conversation, this was something which online bingo had to emulate if it was going to compete with the land halls, was instrumental in the success of bingo. It gets people to go out meet up together chat and win, bingo is in many ways a social game like craps.
The bingo sites tend to offer a chat feature which of course replicates the social aspect as effectively as possible online.