The best sites also have a great social atmosphere whereby players call each other on – “shouting” words of encouragement etc., as a player nears a big win. That’s because the best sites manage to retain the magic of traditional British bingo using real callers and great sound effects. OK, we aren’t all sitting in one large smoke-filled room anymore, but we often are metaphorically speaking (though these days there isn’t so much smoke thankfully!). And although the tradition of the old-fashioned bingo hall peaked in the country during the 1960s, the explosion in online bingo over the last decade has still managed to keep some of British bingo’s traditions alive. It’s long been a tradition in the country, for example, to heckle the caller and make a little fun of him or her (though it’s usually a he).
Bingo has a long history of irreverent humour – particularly in the UK.
