@TheGooner 160849 wrote:
I don’t know. Bingo lacks the element to make it a media show – it’s hard to see how they’d format a bingo show to match the proliferation of poker shows.
I think that bingo has a solid niche – but I don’t see it growing into a worldwide fad.
There are several bingo TV channels, and a bingo show coming to ITV. I’ve seen a lot more advertising on TV recently for bingo compared to poker. I guess it could be snapping at the heels of poker on a national level, but interestingly, I saw a report the other day that many women are getting into poker as a result of playing online bingo. There’s the potential for a massive cross over there.
As for a worldwide fad. America has had a couple of Bingo shows recently, and national bingo night is now a series in Australia as well.