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The bingo game is pretty much the same online or offline. However, the resemblance ends there! The fact that it’s played online brings a significant amount of possibilities into the game and the way it’s played. Apart from the basics of the bingo game itself, it’s a completely different world playing bingo online. So much that even the people who play either game don’t have much in common.
Offline bingo, or land based bingo, or bingo clubs, whichever way you want to call it; are usually associated with older people who get together for a social night out while playing bingo. It is usually considered a working class people’s entertainment as the games are cheap.
Online bingo, however, is the new trend in social networking for women in their 20s and 30s. They are young professionals looking to have a bit of fun in the evening at bingo sites; or young mums looking to get away from their busy lives with kids or enjoy the free time while their hubby watches football. More of your Sex and the City or the Desperate Housewives type if you like.
Playing bingo in the clubs requires a huge amount of concentration. You simply can’t afford to sit and relax while the bingo numbers are being called as there’s nothing worse than missing a bingo winning because you didn’t check your numbers fast enough. No chatting takes place while the game is running. In online bingo, however, everything is done automatically for you. The hardest part of playing bingo online is probably choosing your favourite colour of bingo dauber so you can sit back and relax while you enjoy the banter with the roomies.
The social aspect of bingo differs between online and offline too. Visiting a local bingo club with friends is a social night out with meals and drinks. Playing at an online bingo means you don’t have to get dressed, or leave your home; you don’t even have to get a friend to come with you. Put on your pyjamas, get a cup of hot chocolate and you’re ready to play.
Bingo Clubs have taken a huge hit since the Smoking Ban. Many people stopped going to bingo clubs purely because of this reason. The economic downturn and the credit crunch deteriorated this situation and many clubs have closed down. The remaining land based bingo halls are fighting back in an effort to stay in the business. Big names like Gala Bingo are introducing outdoor gaming areas where smoking is allowed while playing bingo.
Why play online bingo?
• Bigger jackpots and cash prizes
• Free bingo games
• Meet people you wouldn’t otherwise have a chance of meeting
• You choose the bingo game you want to play
• No need to leave home, get dressed, arrange babysitting
• Play 24/7 anytime, anywhere
• Free bingo bonuses, free deposit bonus
• No smoking ban
• No skills or gaming experience required
• Don’t have to be logged in to win, using auto-play, auto-daub, auto-win features
Why play offline bingo? (land based bingo or bingo clubs)
• Easier and faster to collect winnings
• Bigger excitement and challenge as players have to check numbers fast
• Personal, face to face social interaction
• A social night out
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