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Online Bingo – A Growing World of Gambling

Joe — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:47:24 +0000

Bingo was a game which was popular at meetings in churches and clubs and was a way of entertainment for people. This was an event that took place once a month and the highlight of the evening was Bingo. It has now progressed to the status of becoming a mandatory happening in the life of some people over the last century and has now found its place on the global web as an internet game. Bingo has a definite culture of its own and this is carried to the internet game also. To play Bingo online means, registering with a group of people who play online regularly, and providing them with your own personal information.

Like many of the new online communication sites you have to give your name, age and a lot more about your interests and hobbies too. The option of putting your picture on the site and uploading your personal profile allows the other bingo players to see you as a person and not just an entity with a name.

Once you have registered as a member, you have the right to enter several chat rooms and mingle with many of the other bingo players. This is very much like stopping over at a pub for a friendly gathering after a days work and chatting with your friends. However, unlike the social clubs which have limited time to entertain you, the online Bingo is available for your entertainment 24/7. As bingo is a gamble and there is money to be won, all major credit cards are accepted and you can sit back in the comfort of your home and enjoy gambling with big money.

Online Bingo is Good for the Elderly

Joe — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:23:06 +0000

We hear the same thing said time and again that playing bingo is good for the elderly. It keeps coming up in the news and it is always good to reiterate the strong points for playing bingo, particularly if it is good for people.

Playing bingo in the UK is one of the most well loved games, it is popular in land based clubs and especially popular in its online version. It has been estimated that more than 3 million people play bingo in land based clubs, I wouldn’t even like to hazard a guess at how many people play the game online, but I know that it is a great many.

Tests have been conducted on elderly online bingo players to see if they had faster reaction times than those who didn’t play bingo. It has been unequivocally found that they do. Hand-eye co-ordination is better and during a series of test conducted to measure memory, skill and mental speed participants who played bingo showed to be far more effective than people who did not play bingo.

This really says something for this simple little game, the social aspect of the game is always punted so widely, but what about the mental aspect of it? I regularly read news articles about people who are mentally alert into their nineties and hundreds and generally all of them say that they enjoy a regular game of bingo, and feel that it keeps them young.

Mecca Bingo Southport Staff Sky-dive for Whizz Kidz

Joe — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:50:15 +0000

We previously reported about Mecca Bingo staff sky diving to raise money for the Whizz Kidz charity. Obviously now other clubs have taken on this challenge as another Mecca Bing club takes to the skies in a sponsored sky-dive. Twenty Two year old Arnis Ellis and twenty six year old Cameron Bellis are the next to take a long drop out of an aeroplane in the name of this worthy charity.

Both Arnis, who is a team leader at Mecca Bingo, and Cameron have said that they are not feeling any nerves yet, but if they do their girlfriends will be right at their sides to cheer them on. Cameron has a six year old son, and says that he relates well to the Whizz Kidz charity, he likes to think that if they had a problem, the charity would be there for them too.

Mecca Bingo staff members have already raised ₤100 000 so far nationally and are well on their way to raising the ₤250 000 goal set for Whizz Kidz this year. The Chief Executive Officer of Whizz Kidz, Ruth Owen said that the charity is 100% reliant on donated voluntary funds. They have 70 000 children who are in need of mobility equipment and are thrilled about Mecca Bingo’s sky-diving event. She also wished everyone a safe landing.

It is through initiatives such as this that the game of bingo keeps its good social standing. Bingo has long been used to raise charitable fund and is sure to go on doing so.