Bingo Is Now Becoming a Popular Mobile iGaming Niche

In the 1960s up until the 1990s the game of bingo was extremely popular, with over 14 million players across the UK visiting bingo halls regularly. However, as the new millennium took shape, the popularity of bingo began to slowly die off. The exact reasons for bingo halls slowly recording fewer players is not known, but the game's demise coincides with the launch of the internet, online gaming, and the evolution of home entertainment systems like satellite and cable which allowed online gambling. However, with online casino gaming becoming so advanced thanks to a new responsive internet code, bingo games are now becoming popular on mobile devices.

From Mobile Slots to Mobile Bingo

Video slots and bingo are intricately linked within the iGaming industry because many of the companies that are producing casino games are also involved in designing online bingo and lotto games. Let's take one of the biggest developers in bingo, which is Pragmatic Play. This is a company that designs and releases, on average, 2 new mobile video slots every month. All you need to do is look across the different verticals offered on this developer's website, and you will see Pragmatic Play Bingo too. The developer is not alone. Playtech and 888's Dragonfish brands also release both slots and bingo titles and these are released across mobile such as the 888ladies downloadable bingo app.

Now, if you are wondering what the link between slot and bingo developers is, the answer is that all the slots these developers' release use mobile/responsive scripting technology. This means that these slots use JavaScript and HTML5 that can adjust to any screen size – which means you can play slots on a smartphone, tablet, and even a handheld games console if it has an internet browser installed.

These developers have transferred that technology over to online bingo games. As a result, we are now seeing a new wave of mobile bingo sweep though the UK.

Younger Generation Enjoys Mobile Gaming

Now bingo is available as a mobile game and players can bet using real money, it has an appeal to the younger more tech-savvy generation. It is an easy game to play, and the leading software developers are making the variety of bingo games available more attractive by using different themes. You can play bingo in candy land, in the Caribbean with pirates, and there are now jackpots tied to some bingo games. Going back to the above, Pragmatic Play has designed its own jackpot bingo playable on mobile via its brand-new Drop Pots jackpots.

Live Bingo Games Played on Mobile Via Webcam Streams

Add to this the live casino niche too because where lotto is popular also bingo is on the rise. For instance, Cash or Crash and Mega Ball Live titles are both live casino games streamed from the Evolution live dealer studios around the world. Mega Ball in particular has become a popular live bingo game, and it is also a mobile bingo option with huge multipliers attached. Like the bingo software providers mentioned above, Evolution also uses HTML5 technology to deliver live mobile bingo to players that want to play bingo with a live presenter hosting the fun and entertainment.

Will Mobile Bingo Become the Next Mobile iGaming Fad?

We cannot say that mobile bingo will become the next biggest mobile fad in iGaming because there are so many verticals that are popular. Mobile video slots, mobile live casino games, and there are also mobile virtual casino games. Within iGaming there is also a rise in mobile virtual sports betting which is also becoming increasingly prevalent. However, they are separate niches and, together with them both being available in mobile and offering real money bets, the next mobile fads in the iGaming industry are both mobile bingo and mobile virtual sports.