Think bingo and you're likely to conjure up images of blue-haired women cramming smoke-filled church basements, tents at county fairs or legion halls in small towns.

Bingo has been a mainstay of fundraising for small and large charities for decades and a form of entertainment for generations. But bingo -- in its traditional form -- is in decline across the country. Competition from casinos and online gaming -- as well as smoking bans -- have hit charity bingos hard.

Over the past 10 years, revenue at charity bingos has declined from about $250 million a year to about $50 million in Ontario alone. Most of the money raised in local bingo halls goes to local charities.

To counter the decline Bingo is going electronic. Along with the traditional bingo tables, new centres include computers. You have the choice of playing bingo the way grandma did, or doing it on a computer.

"With electronics you can run outside or go to the washroom and come back in two or three minutes and with one touch of a button you can catch up on all your cards so you don't miss a bingo," Tom Atkins, facility manager at the Boardwalk Gaming Centre said.

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