Licensed bingo is a well-regulated and socially responsible form of gambling that takes place in a safe environment.
Thus, it: must not involve playing or staking against a bank, and must be a game in which the chances are equally favorable to all participants in the sense that each ticket or chance has the same probability of success as any other. For game to be classed as “bingo” it must meet the Act’s definition of “equal chance gaming” (as opposed to casino gaming). Bingo must be played as an equal chance game. It is also the only form of gambling recognized in the Gambling Act that does not have a specific statutory definition, the Act providing simply that “bingo” means “any version of that game, irrespective of by what name it is described”. Bingo is a traditional form of gambling that has seen considerable innovation in recent years. Bingo is one of the most popular and socially accepted games in the world.
