Since its inception, bingo has been considered as a game to be played in social events and hence was directly related only to the working classes and for the common masses. But this is not true. Some people even think that celebrities would not even be aware of the existence of such a game, and the very thought that they would play this, is extremely far fetched. The game of bingo has its origin in Italy, which became quite pervasive in larger parts of Europe with time. It was played and enjoyed by the nobles and elite of France and Europe. It was popular among all statures of people, ranging from the commoners to the classy ones.
This game was played for a common objective of raising funds for charity and to provide monetary assistance to the destitute and for other causes. So it was eventually assumed to be associated with common people. Now with the advent of technology, bingo is being played online and this venture has attracted a lot of celebrities into compulsive gaming.
Many celebrities are now being branded as the ambassadors of online bingo. For example Big shots like, Sharon Osborne, Stuart Hall and lot of other celebrities are regarded as faces of bingo nowadays.
Bingo is now being played at social events involving celebrities and is being hosted periodically by and for the elite audience. Most of the time its objective being raising funds for charity or causes like breast cancer research, protection of wildlife, education, AIDS projects , etc. It has been estimated that Bingo has contributed about 1.5 million dollars for charities, national causes and art since its beginning. Bowman, started legendary bingo in 1998, in order to help AIDS projects running allover the world. After seeing the funds that this event generated, this event was then conducted on weekly basis to serve various causes and for several charity purposes. Bingo has attracted celebrities from all fields and has become the most likeable and favorite entertainment source for all. Celebrities from music, art, sports, politics are all now bingo players.
This is a sort of advantage. Since, gaming events involving celebrities would help in garnering more funds, as well as making people aware of the importance of the cause for which the funds are being raised. Big shots like Jade Jagger, Catherine Jones and even former US president Bill Clinton is a bingo fan. Hollywood celebrities like Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Aniston are regular online Bingo players.
Bingo is also played and organized often, without any purpose as such, and this has made it gain enormous popularity and fame. Courtney Cox, Tori Spelling, Paris Hilton are all now both indulgent players as well as callers in Bingo events. Celebrities now proclaim themselves to be addicted Bingo players and assert it as their favorite pass time activity. Especially, with the option of anonymity offered in online bingo games, the number of celebrities playing Bingo is increasing by a larger margin. Hence the delusion that bingo is only for the common masses has to be totally banished.
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