In some ways lotteries and bingo are very similar. If you think about it with bingo the caller could simply call out a big number and whoever sits with a ticket with that number wins and calls bingo. Two winners mean they share the prize just as in a lottery. But they differ in ways that makes bingo, especially online bingo a hit with millions of players.

It is true to say that if simply winning a huge jackpot is your only interest then lotteries are the games to play. Although there are bingo jackpots that have turned winning players into millionaires, lotteries often turn jackpot winners into multi-millionaires and they do so regularly, not just once in a while. However the odds of winning a big lottery jackpot are stacked against you. For example in the UK you are more likely to be struck by lightning than win the Jackpot. Odds of winning the jackpot are about 14,000,000 to 1 against. That not to say that winning a million playing online bingo is likely but often bingo has better odds of winning at least more smaller cash prizes.

There are some who say that bingo, even online bingo, can be a game of skill. Some bingo players can play up to twenty bingo cards at once and have to daub (put a mark against) the number that the bingo caller shouts out. Not a bad feat seeing as the numbers often come very quickly. If you’re not on the ball (sic) then you could miss out on shouting bingo. Fortunately many online bingo sites allow you to play multiple cards and offer an ‘auto daub feature’ that will automatically mark your cards, so you will never miss any numbers. Even if your computer goes off line most bingo site computers will keep track of the numbers for you and even shout bingo if you’re a winner. You don’t even miss out on your prize.

One of the drawbacks of lottery games is that you have to wait for the draw to take place. Bingo games take place more often, and if you play online you are never more than a few minutes away from the next game, so online bingo is an outright winner in this respect.

Another reason many people prefer bingo to lotteries is that it offers more player-interaction. When you buy a lottery ticket you have to wait for the result whereas bingo allows you to play the game as a hands-on participant and this can make the game exciting even if you don’t happen to win a jackpot prize.

Bingo also is a much more fun time social event. Popular online bingo halls have chat rooms where you can play with players from all over the world. Better bingo sites will also allow the chat master to play games with the bingo players. For example the C/M might say ‘The first to type in the name of David Beckham’s wife wins a TV.” And indeed the first to send the answer would win a TV.

If you are interested in trying out online bingo then many bingo sites will give you a sum of money often $10 or ₤10 or €10 to try out the bingo games. You can’t actually cash out the free money you are given to play but any money you win from playing the free money is usually yours to keep.

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