Mobile bingo: Technological trends

The mobile gaming market has been going from strength to strength. In 2020, the market turned over a phenomenal US$77.2 billion dollars, making it one of the highest performing industries globally, and 2021 shows no signs of slowing down. There are currently over 2.5 billion players, an increase of 12% on 2019, with access to many hundreds of thousands of apps: games make up 21% of all Android downloads, and a quarter of all iOS downloads.

Mobile gambling has also followed a similar trend, with the market growing. Many gambling niches including online bingo have made the most of a buoyant market and invested heavily in releasing new and exciting games, with sites such as 888ladies online bingo offering a range of different bingo games to their players.

Bingo: a revival

Bingo was one of those games closely associated with the older generation. Many have memories of dusty old church halls and playing bingo with their grandparents. Few 'woke' individuals would go to a bingo hall and play bingo. However, alongside the rise of online gambling, bingo has started to see a resurgence in the mobile market. Though a much smaller section of the gambling market than say poker of slots, it is growing at a much faster rate; roughly 10% between 2018 and 2019, where online casinos in general grew around 5% in the same period.

With investors seeing the potential of this sector of the market, there is little doubt that the revenue generated is set to rise year on year.

Many people believe the transition online helped revive a game of bingo.

What is driving the popularity of online and mobile bingo?