Bingo Addicts?

With all of the recent concerns of slot machine and gambling addiction, many do not stop to think about another addiction that gets very little notice – Bingo. Bingo is one of the most popular games around, and many feel that there are probably more people addicted to Bingo than slot machines or betting.

Bingo even has a different image than the other methods of gambling, in that it is seen as more of a community event, usually taking place at your local church. However, slot machines and poker tables are thought of as being in sin ridden, smoke filled casinos, where degenerates of all ages just sit in front of the machines and feed their money into a downward spiral of bad luck and poor choices.

However, one group, Pressbot.org, has discovered that there really is a difference in Bingo players and slot machine and poker players. Bingo players usually are older in age, but they play for fun – and if they happen to win, that is just an added bonus. The desperation found in many slot machine and poker players just isn’t there. It has been found that it is actually healthy for seniors to play because it keeps their minds active.

They have found through a study as the Centre for Visual Cognition at Southampton University’s Psychology Department, that bingo actually increases the speed and precision of short term memory. They also found that it can help with the mental decay that usually comes with aging. Much of that has to do with the immediate need and fast pacing of the game, which is not really found in slot machine or poker playing.

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