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A Difference in Style

When visiting online bingo halls (which is something I do every so often - it is lots of fun!) it is interesting to note that there are two different styles of online sites. The first style are those sites which are primarily bingo sites. The main subject of the site is the bingo game and there are several of these going on or raring to go. These sites generally boast other features as well. These features include (but are not limited to) an excellent chat interface where bingo players can interact (these are vital to the bingo experience) and several non-bingo gambling games (usually a few slots - possibly more than that). These are the subject of interest and play during the slower gaming moments or between bingo games as a somewhat lighter sort of fun. The second style is the site which is primarily an online casino. These sites have a wide variety of casino games including card games, like blackjack at Wild Jack, roulette and an enormous collection of slots games. These sites will often offer, as one of the many possible gambling games, the option of playing bingo.

Styles which Mirror the Brick and Mortar Situation

In point of fact, this difference in style exists also amongst the various brick and mortar locales where live games of bingo are played. Bingo halls will often have several slots machines outside the hall, for the convenience of the players. In addition, many large brick and mortar casinos will boast bingo games at a fairly convenient rate. The online situation thus mirrors the live bingo hall situation quite accurately. Now it is only left for me to tell you about my personal preferences and for you to comment and share your elucidating views on the subject (so, by all means, please do so!).

Childhood Bingo

In my last blog entry, I described my very earliest first bingo experiences. The first bingo charity event in which I ever participated  was also a memorable one from my youth. It was part of a fund raiser for the religious community. Of course, I was too young to play. I was merely an onlooker and I got to mark my parent's cards as the game progressed. It was a charity event where all the prizes were actually donations and every single cent was accumulated as profit that would go directly to charity (in other words - an event which is all charity). My parents actually won something - an incense holder. I was disappointed though. I was too small to appreciate such a prize at the time and so I was hoping that we would win one of the smaller prizes like one of my friends won later in the evening - a fancy box of chocolates (his parents and mine would have been willing to trade; his because of the value of the incense holder and mine, for my sake, but my friend wouldn't hear of it!).

Bingo Awakens

Nonetheless, this event brought me to the realization that bingo was not just a board at home with dice. Bingo games could be played by grownups and people could actually win things at such games. Further expansion of my bingo understanding was facilitated by the fact that I got as a birthday present a real bingo set. This bingo game had a real bingo tumbler and numbers which could be thus selected. It also came with a large amount of bingo cards. That set me well on my way to playing bingo games with my friends and siblings. I have enjoyed bingo ever since and I guess that when the time comes I will introduce my own children to bingo and continue the bingo tradition.