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Bingo! – How Online Gaming Has Benefits in Unexpected Places

Call of Duty and Fortnite might be the biggest online games today, but you can hardly get your nan to play along. Bingo might be a bit more her cup of tea.

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Bingo has a huge following in England and around the world, with crowds of people lining up in halls, armed with dot markers. But what happens when your country goes into lockdown?

Well, it turns out online gaming isn’t just for the gamers. Aside from the smell of stale crisps and the cackling girls who might be a hen party, you can have your bingo experience in the comfort of your own home.

The Other Other Favourite Ball Game

About a quarter of online gambling revenue apparently comes from Bingo, and those figures are pre-Lockdown. If sales of digital video games are anything to go by, no doubt these percentages have gone through the roof too. With the chance to save money on online gambling by betting with heart bingo and the like, there’s a lot of opportunity to have fun.

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It turns out that while so many of us turned to free-to-play games and our backlogs to get us through the last year or so, some have continued their love of bingo in the digital space.

Of course, there are now dozens of bingo websites to choose from. Like any successful thing on the internet, it doesn’t take long for people to start catching on when something gets popular.

The number of bingo games have skyrocketed in the last few decades, and while demand remains high you can bet that it’ll continue to grow in both revenue and venue for a long time to come.

Bingo – Hints and Tips

But how do you get started in the wild world of online bingo?

Firstly, limit the amount for cards you play at once. It might seem like a clever idea to have 10 cards or more on at the same time, but actually you’re just setting yourself up for a loss. It’d be very easy to miss something. Limit the confusion by sticking to a manageable amount of cards.

Timing is everything. There are going to be busy times and quieter times, and the busier the site is, the less likely you are to win it big. That means weekends and evenings might be off-limits, but mornings and afternoons might suit better. It’s not ideal, but that’s the nature of any game that has peak times that can impact wins and losses.

Setting yourself a daily limit is always sensible with any kind of online gambling. Being at home, with full access to your debit car, it’s tempting to dip a little deeper into your bank balance if you’re having fun. But maintaining strict limits is vitally important in ensuring your new hobby doesn’t become something else.

Conclusion

Online bingo can be great fun, and it’s getting more and more popular.

Find a community you love, take an active part in it and it can be almost as social as the real thing – plus you don’t have to dress up in your fancy bingo-playing clothes.

And, with a few simple steps, you can be part of another kind of massively growing multiplayer game.

 

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blank Mat Growcott has been a long-time member of the gaming press. He's written two books and a web series, and doesn't have nearly enough time to play the games he writes about.

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