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Bingo seems like harmless fun – but higher stakes and new technology are making it more dangerous

  • Written by: Sarah J MacLean, Associate professor, La Trobe University
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Bingo, with its familiar rules, novelty number calls (“legs 11”, “two ducks swimming”) and social setting, has long had a reputation as harmless and friendly.

Also called “housie”, bingo is a game in which players mark numbers on a grid as a caller reads them out. The first person whose numbers are...

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