Today there are so many places online where you can play bingo that many of the bingo sites have now started to offer players the chance bingo for free, even though the prizes are real cash. It's just one more incentive to start enjoying the fun of playing online bingo!

Playing bingo wasn't expensive in the first place. One of its appeals has always been that for a very small cost you could purchase one or a number of cards and be in with a chance to win a great cash prize. Sites like chitchatbingo.co.uk offer bingo games that start as low as 5p or 10p per card and at those kinds of prices you could play all day if you felt like it!

The other main reason so many people choose to play online is that you can have fun socialising in the bingo chat rooms while you play. The game itself really doesn't require any concentration, as the software marks off the numbers for you as the numbers are called, so there's no danger of missing out on a call. This leaves you free to keep an eye on your progress on one side of the screen yet able to chat to other players on the other half of the screen. Most people use a lot of abbreviations in chat – which if you don't know what any of it means, you soon will do! Common terms include 3TG (three numbers to go), BRB (Be Right Back) and DBL (Don't Be Long).

Another reason to go into the chat rooms is that you get to join in any of the chat games that are running. These are often just little quizzes and things like remembering the next line of a song, but if you're first with the correct answer, you can win bingo cards for other games and sometimes cash prizes too.

Online bingo isn't just about going for a big win; it's about having fun and sharing the game with other players. Get online today and see who you run into in the bingo chat rooms!