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Younger bingo players tended to be faster, but
older ones were more accurate. Many people have suggested that reason people dismiss bingo as a “junior” gaming pastime is because we so often associate it with pensioners. The social stigma of bingo has kept it out of major casinos and therefore reduced its respect amongst “hipper” echelons of today’s society.
Many would be led to conclude that above study is simply out of proportion in sense that a game of bingo is hardly a satisfactory workout for mind in terms of endurance and mental skill. To an extent they would be right. But what tests seem to be suggesting crucially, is that it is prolonged or regular partaking in game over a sustained period of time that will lead to cognitive benefits.
Then of course there are those who believe that any form of gambling being proclaimed to be beneficial to mind is nothing short of an aberration. Whilst certainly milder in terms of funds that change hands than other gambling games, bingo is still a game where one pays money to gain money and as such has been criticised from certain groups in society. However, social aspect of game cannot be overlooked and it is this type of play that would be encouraged to facilitate mental benefits as concluded by study described above. In UK, there are around three million bingo players. It is hoped that this study and growing body of research around it will help to promote game to those who otherwise would have written it off as something to be enjoyed with gardening, tea and everything else we assume people over age of 65 suddenly develop a passion for.
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