First Lycos announced that "poker" was its top search term for 2008 and now word is coming down from Google that online bingo is enjoying a meteoric rise.

According to numerous reports, the popular search engine says bingo is even beginning to rival online poker in search numbers too.

"Due to the presence of so many bingo operators, competition is becoming more and more intense forcing bingo sites to offer more and more benefits, bingo bonuses and added benefits to ensure loyalty and traffic," said a live-pr.com release.

"Although bingo has been considered to be a female game in the past, the taboo has diminished as more and more male players are traced in the chat rooms of online bingo halls. The wide offerings and the quality of the service are the main reasons of the increasing popularity."

Another contributing factor to bingo's popularity is the fact that it is easy to pick up and doesn't require huge sums of money to be wagered and seems to have more of an appeal to people of all ages.

The game also doesn't require the concentration that one must dedicate to online poker as online cards are marked off and as the release said, "you will not be expected to call out bingo when you’ve hit the big one."

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