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Online Bingo - Internet Craze


Traditional Bingo has been a popular pastime for many years throughout the world. It's a great meeting place for friends and family and a great place to meet new people in such a relaxed atmosphere. It's no surprise that there are over 60 million bingo players worldwide.

The average bingo player is predominately female, aged 30-60, and is located in North America. Avid bingo players stick to their routines, such as playing bingo on certain nights of the week, each and every week. Playing bingo becomes part of their routine, part of their way of life. They start to form a friendship with the players around them and players will easily notice if a gular is not there. Most bingo players even have a lucky seat. Traditional bingo halls can however be a tad smoky, it's sometimes difficult to manage multiple bingo cards, and some players struggle to get to the bingo halls or they simply do not have the time, especially for stay at home moms.

Wait, now there's a new form of bingo, an evolution in the bingo generation. Its bingo on the internet, online bingo! You may ask yourself, how can playing bingo online give the same satisfaction as playing bingo with family and fiends in a traditional bingo hall? Why should I change my lifestyle?

The fact of the matter is that Online Bingo has its own set of unique advantages. In a recent survey done by a popular online bingo portal, the number one reason for playing online bingo, was "meeting new people".

Playing online bingo tears down borders and allows you to play online bingo live against other players around the world. You heard me correctly; online bingo is multi player, one game with players from all over the world. Each site has Multi Chat which is accompanied by a Chat Host also known as a CM. It's the job of the Chat Host to recreate the atmosphere of the bingo hall and to help with support. Multi chat also allows you to meet new friends and to share to excitement and chat in real-time, such as when you have 1 number to go, you will see the acronym "1TG" , which is one to go!

You wanted to socialize with your friends, there you go, hundreds of new friends at the press of a button. Hours of chatting, hours of fun! Online Bingo is attracting males and females, young and old.

There are many advantages to playing online bingo. What if your local bingo hall is not near you house? What if the weather outside is terrible? What if you are not feeling like getting dressed and driving all the way to the smoke filled bingo hall? What if you are disabled and find it difficult to move around?

What if you are simply too exhausted from the days work? The answer to all your questions is online bingo. Just go and sit in front of the computer, visit you favorite online bingo portal, click and you are ready to play, ready to be transported into the amazing world of online bingo.

Online Bingo sites have colorful graphics and entertaining sound effects. The new generation of online bingo site allow you to play bingo instantly without downloading a thing. When you sit down at your computer watching the screen; you are transformed into a world of bingo.

Due to improved technology you can play as many cards as you want Your bingo cards are filled in automatically , so you don't need to worry about completing your cards and worry if you missed out a couple of calls. You can also increase your odds of winning with more cards. And if you have the lucky card, your account is credited automatically. A new online bingo site, is offering a one million dollar jackpot every month. I doubt there is a local bingo hall offering that.

Simply put, online bingo games industries have really done a great job on giving the online players a bingo hall atmosphere. And for the best part, its always open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and you can enjoy the game in the convenience of your own home.

It was found that during the Super Bowl, online bingo sites have a massive increase in traffic. That's right; you can play whenever you want and you don't have to sit around while your husband relaxes in front of the TV watching sports.

Online bingo can never replace your local bingo hall, but both online and offline bingo seem to have their own set of unique advantages.

So, if you're bored with the every day routine or if you just want to escape to a special place, jump in front of the computer and stand in line to win great cash prizes, you never know may even win the jackpot! To get started, choose a site from a popular http://www.online-bingo.com or try out this new web based http:///www.bingogringo.com.

Denise Robertson is a editor at a popular online bingo portal.

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