What Stroke of Luck  This is Bingo

What a stroke of luck! Youll hear a TV announcer commenting of a shot from a basketball player who had one look at the clock and noticed there was a second left till full time, and all he could really do was to just throw the ball to the other side of the field, hoping for something; anything. To his disbelief (and that of a million spectators worldwide) the ball goes into the net without even touching the hoop. Now the reason the commentator dubs this a stroke of luck is because here is one of those things in life which man isnt really in control of; and they will probably only ever happen once in our lives&if ever&

Well in bingo, a lottery game which I think is just a mere excuse the more senior citizens use to get out of the old age home and party it out a little; I have concluded that the term stroke of luck is inapplicable. I base my findings on the fact that 96% of people who have played bingo have actually won something; whether they were playing in a bingo hall, church bingo, or the more modern online bingo&heck even people who have played free bingo have walked away with something.

Now ask yourself this one question; how many souls are that lucky in this world; surely Lady Luck doesnt bestow so many of us with this luck of hers. Ok, bingo players wouldnt care to dispute this; theyll take their winnings whether it is Lady Luck or just good karma. But honestly speaking, luck is for the birds as far as non-bingo playing citizens of the world are concerned. I mean look at the state of this world we live in; adversities come from west to middle-east  any direction you can think of! The world as it is has twice as many plagues than the ten the hand of God dished out in Egypt; think Mogadishu, global warming, Robert Mugabe, suicide bombers&just to mention a few. Where is Lady Luck&at a bingo hall?

The honest truth is Lady Luck cant be looked at with sorry eyes; shes a free spirit who owes no one anything. Luck, to be honest, is what got us here in the first place. People want it all, and they dont want to do zilch for it. They merely look to the galaxies and hope for something, anything! Bingo players on the other hand, just take what is due to them and come back when they want more. And there is always more.

Greedy people play lotteries with grand prizes of a hundred thousand million. Wish me luck. They say. Well, good luck with trying to be one in a zillion million  there arent even that many people in the world  youre living in your own world. I reckon I will just play bingo where people dont cross fingers&just numbers; one by one, until the whole world is shouting Bingo!

About The Author Mokhalaka is learning how to play bingo online.