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“Think Bingo”, “Bingo Scotland”, “Kiss My Bingo” and
“Bingo Palace UK” are some of the more major and successful online
bingo sites in the UK at the moment. Bingo Scotland is the most recent
and was only opened the month that this article was written (October
2005). The site itself was designed specifically for the good people
of Scotland and has a renowned Scottish bingo caller calling the balls
as well as Scottish chat moderators and a distinctly Scottish feel. Of
course, the site is not exclusively for the use of Scottish players,
anyone is able to join and play and is made to feel welcome.
What “Bingo Scotland” highlights is the nature of the
individuality of the
online bingo sites. They can all
be described to have their own personalities, almost. It is different
from the rest of the online gambling world in that the personal nature
of the online bingo sites seems to be a lot more pronounced than in
the major online casinos. There is a constant rapport between the Chat
Moderators and the players and on sites such as “Think Bingo”, the
management of the company even communicate and chat with the players –
they were even known to introduce competitions where their pictures
would be posted on the website, along with other pictures and the
players had to guess which picture was that of the CEO and other staff
members.
The parallels between the
online bingo sites and playing bingo in the traditional
on land venues are quite interesting to note. The same principles of
socializing and community spirit are employed
on the online bingo sites as may be found in a church bingo fundraiser
– although certain parishioners may understandably take issue with
that. Bingo is not so much a game about winning money. Of course that
is the initial appeal, but it is also a game about meeting and
chatting with people to discuss the week’s events amongst other
things. The low cost nature of the games means that people feel more
at ease and less concerned over the amount of money they may be
losing, and this leads to a sense of community spirit.
This sense of ease however should not be taken as a
precursor to limitless bingo playing. Despite its low costs, bingo is
still a potentially addictive game and vast amounts of money can and
likely has been lost by players believing that they are “safely”
gambling – there is no such thing unless limits are decided upon and
stuck to.
Aside from the sites that allow a player to play
bingo on them, there are also sites devoted to guiding the potential
player towards the most reputable or highly appraised bingo
promotions. These sites may in fact be operated by the bingo
promotions themselves, although care is taken to hide this from the
reader and they are likely to be slightly biased in their reviews.
However, they could still make for interesting reading for someone who
is new to the online bingo world and may be a good starting point for
navigating towards and sampling some of the online bingo promotions.
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