Thanks for that Jen.

Very interesting, so although you have never spent much on it and actually won and banked the money you still think they are a bad thing.

I now wonder if anyone on site does agree they are harmless.

I always thought this site would represent a broad section of society, therefore there would be more debate on a subject like this, after all someone has to be playing on these Bingo sites , to keep so many in business.

I can see how easy it is to get sucked in hun, when I won I thought yeah great this is fun the chat is ok but it does seem to be the same old people winning, I used to stick to the penny a ticket games I think the most I ever spent on a ticket was a pound.
Dont get me wrong if you are one of those people who can control themselves then they are fine, but if you are at home on your own bored it is easy to get sucked in by them. Sometimes the wont let you take out your winnings if you only had the free play money then you have to deposit your own money.
I think that a lot of them get you deposit a few quid give you a couple of small wins and get you hooked that way, once you start depositing more money the lower your chance of winning becomes and you get stuck in a vicious circle.
I was one of the lucky ones where I won a few hundred pounds and had my head screwed on enough to know when to call it quits.
I think it helped that I had things to pay for IE a holiday and my winnings contibuted towards that, and gala made it very easy for me to transfer my winnings straight back into my bank account with no fuss the same day that I won it and with no charge.
Essay over for now lol
Jen xx