It comes as no surprise that the US government’s policy of banning its populace from playing online bingo for cash is becoming increasingly unpopular. When their federal government closed down several of the biggest names in the bingo industry, the move was hardly met with unanimous approval and those initial grumbles appear to be growing.

Online bingo seems to be as popular as it is due to the social interaction enabled by the various hosting companies. This has meant that Americans who are online friends to Europeans and others are hearing all about their favourite new activity but are unable to participate. Interestingly enough the development is very similar to that in real life, where one’s group of friends walks off without them to engage in something fun while the stranded person remains uninvited.

Look but don’t touch seems to be the order of the day for the US residents denied access to the pastimes of their international friends, as they can access the bingo reviews and hear all about the bingo bonus that their British friend received but that’s where involvement ends. The local policy in the US does have some impact on the rest of the world in that, as a first world nation, it would produce many new online bingo site owners – generating increased competition and options within the industry and for the playing community.

It has become a prevalent opinion that playing online bingo is a more wholesome pastime than many, which may lead the US away from this ban over time.