There is a great deal of information available on the internet about the dangers of becoming addicted to playing bingo, and all online bingo sites have information pertaining to this with suggestions on how to keep it under control and what to do if playing too much bingo becomes a problem.
This is all well and good for online bingo players but in the world of land based games things are perhaps not quite the same. This is a case in point and the writer felt it might be worthwhile bringing it to your attention for future reference.
A grandmother, Jeanette is a sixty year old from Kilmarnock who found herself plunged into a situation of crippling debt when she became addicted to playing fruit machines, she used to go weekly for a game of bingo and one day she saw that her son-in-law had a pile of £1 coins that he won on the fruit machines, so she also started to play them. Soon she wouldn’t go to the bingo with less than £50 and soon this too got out of hand and became £100.
Even though she would vow to only spend £20 but she would come out having spent £200, this soon got out of control, she didn’t communicate with her family, because she knew that as a mother and gran, she should not be behaving this way. Eventually £13 000 in debt, she sought help through Gam-anon and managed to kick the habit. But this should stand as a warning to everyone, playing bingo and the fruit machines is fun, but responsible gaming is an absolute must, winners know when to stop.
