Basque gaming observatory finds weekly bingo participation at larger associations
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The Basque Gaming Observatory presented findings on association bingo to a Basque Parliament committee on 8 June. Its study found that 63.8% of participants in associations with more than 600 members played at least weekly, compared with occasional play being most common in groups of up to 200 members; both models had similar low-intensity spending and prizes.
The Basque Gaming Observatory presented a study to a Basque Parliament committee on 8 June that identified different patterns of bingo participation by association size and organisation.
In associations with more than 600 members, 63.8% of participants played at least once a week, sessions lasted an average of two hours and attendance was 38 people per session. Bingo formed part of the regular leisure programme in those associations.
Among associations with up to 200 members, 43.1% of participants played occasionally. Sessions lasted an average of 1.5 hours and drew about 25 people.
The study found that spending on bingo cards and prize amounts were similar across the models. It attributed the differences in participation less to attitudes towards gambling than to the size and organisational capacity of each association.