The Dangers of Bingo

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The chant has been that online gambling is a safer option. Credit card fraud is deemed to be much lower, it is easier to track winnings and there is no risk in carrying large amounts of cash around late at night. You are inrepparttar comfort and security of your own home. The problem is that this is very much part ofrepparttar 125368 problem for compulsive gamblers. A bingo game onrepparttar 125369 internet is very different to a bingo game in a social atmosphere. The object of playing purely for money seems to be exemplified byrepparttar 125370 fact that one does not even have to check one’s own cards. It is automatically scanned byrepparttar 125371 bingo site. There are few limits, no way of seeing ifrepparttar 125372 player is a minor or intoxicated andrepparttar 125373 mental and social stimulation are abundantly missing. There is concern that people may be retreating further and further intorepparttar 125374 comfort and security ofrepparttar 125375 artificiality of a screen in order to avoidrepparttar 125376 dangers outside.

The Governor ofrepparttar 125377 state of Washington decided that a large threat torepparttar 125378 people of that state wasrepparttar 125379 concept of playing bingo too frequently. There is concern thatrepparttar 125380 game is taken too nonchalantly inrepparttar 125381 debate on compulsive gambling. It is, after all a game that is easy to become addicted to. As bingo becomes more and more popular,repparttar 125382 cash prizes have become higher and higher andrepparttar 125383 variety and options of games are becoming more and more expansive.

Atrepparttar 125384 end ofrepparttar 125385 day however, bingo is still a comparatively low-risk pastime. It can be enjoyable, social and a great way to spend an evening. Perhaps all that is needed is just a remembrance that it is still a form of gambling, whether played in a church hall or a Vegas casino and that although lower in threat,repparttar 125386 dangers are still always present.

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Bingo – Good for the Mind?

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Younger bingo players tended to be faster, butrepparttar older ones were more accurate. Many people have suggested thatrepparttar 125367 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 ofrepparttar 125368 major casinos and therefore reduced its respect amongstrepparttar 125369 “hipper” echelons of today’s society.

Many would be led to conclude thatrepparttar 125370 above study is simply out of proportion inrepparttar 125371 sense that a game of bingo is hardly a satisfactory workout forrepparttar 125372 mind in terms of endurance and mental skill. To an extent they would be right. But whatrepparttar 125373 tests seem to be suggesting crucially, is that it isrepparttar 125374 prolonged or regular partaking inrepparttar 125375 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 torepparttar 125376 mind is nothing short of an aberration. Whilst certainly milder in terms ofrepparttar 125377 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,repparttar 125378 social aspect ofrepparttar 125379 game cannot be overlooked and it is this type of play that would be encouraged to facilitaterepparttar 125380 mental benefits as concluded byrepparttar 125381 study described above. Inrepparttar 125382 UK, there are around three million bingo players. It is hoped that this study andrepparttar 125383 growing body of research around it will help to promoterepparttar 125384 game to those who otherwise would have written it off as something to be enjoyed with gardening, tea and everything else we assume people overrepparttar 125385 age of 65 suddenly develop a passion for.

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