So what’s the worst that can happen when you’re playing online Bingo?
Well if you’re playing live Bingo there’s always a chance that you’ll not make it home with the lolly. A pensioner in Aberdeen Scotland was mugged of her £140 Bingo winnings while walking home.
So there in a nutshell is a reason to play online Bingo- you’re winnings do not have to risk a walk home and attract the attentions of robbers. They get credited instantly to your account!
Recently at a Bing Hall on the Scotland/England borders, a ceiling collapsed and had to be hastily evacuated. Thankfully no-one was hurt- but there again, this couldn’t have happened with online Bingo- unless of course your own ceiling is dodgy. But then would it necessarily collapse during your Bingo session? Unless you’re pummelling the walls in frustration at not getting a win, a weak ceiling is more likely to collapse when the heavy metal band next door start their rehearsals!
In May last year, a minibus taking a dozen Bingo players back from a club in South Shields, near Newcastle, England, flipped over, leaving three players injured. Again, this wouldn’t have happened if you’d been playing online- unless of course your mansion is so large that you need transport to take you from the refectory to the Games Wing!
There are also imposters who claim the winnings of others. In Southport, Northern England, a woman was fines for fraud after trying to claim the winnings of another player’s jackpot of £500. It seems that the bust Sunday night staff also paid out the correct winner, but when they realised the jackpot had been claimed, and paid out, a second time, the Police were called. Unlikely to happen with online Bingo- no stressed out staff, only computers and programmes… but do they ever make mistakes and pay out the jackpot twice to two different players? Hmm unlikely!
Finally, a jackpot winner in Teeside, Northern England, secured a full house and assumed she would win the £5000 shown on the big screen. When she went to claim the money she was told there had been an error and she was only eligible for £1000. She complained to the UK Gambling Commission. It seems that the £5000 displayed was the anticipated jackpot winnings for the next day’s Bingo- however a member of staff had signed a document called the prize winner’s document and so it all seemed legitimate. I can’t believe the Bingo management will be able to get out of that one in a hurry!!
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