Okay, okay, I know that I typically only write about slots, but come on – I know for a fact that there’s plenty of people who read my site and play games other than slots, such as bingo. As a matter of fact, I’ve received several requests (the way that you can also send me messages and requests, by clicking the big, bright “contact” button at the top of the page) by readers to write an article about playing bingo on a budget. Now, it’s important to keep in mind that I don’t really play bingo. Hell, I don’t even know the rules to bingo! But apparently people are passionate about it, so who am I to deny a request? I thought pretty hard about what topic I could select that could appeal to both bingo-lovers and general gamblers who are trying to save a penny, and I think I came up with a nice solution!

We all know PayPal, right? I mean, at the very least you must have heard the name! For the five of you that don’t know, it’s basically an e-wallet service which is supposed to hold your money for you and/or help you manage your credit cards. Let’s say that you don’t want to enter your credit card information every time – you just input it once, store it within PayPal’s safe and encrypted servers, and then all you have to do from that point on is to click a single button whenever you want to buy something from an online retailer (provided that they work with PayPal, but most do). On top of that, you also get purchase protection in case something goes wrong and a nice receipt in the e-mail.

Or, alternatively, if you don’t want to have your credit card information on the Internet at all, you can just input it once, deposit a certain amount of money directly into your PayPal account and then remove all traces of your information. That particular trick of PayPal is precisely why I wanted to talk to you about it – because it makes it SO much easier to manage budgets! Let’s say you have a £20 budget for online bingo for the month, which you want to spread among your favourite bingo sites. What do you do? Well, a very easy way to manage everything is to simply deposit £20 into your PayPal account and then remove your card information. That way you’ll then be able to choose where you want to deposit them without being tempted to deposit more. It’s a great system for those of us that lack self-control!

There’s plenty of bingo sites that accept PayPal, as you can see in this list here, so really, you should have no problem using it instead of your card to make deposits! And the best part? Often you can also withdraw wins directly into your PayPal account as well! That way you eliminate the necessity to give the bingo site any of your bank details (which remain secure with PayPal), and thus keep yourself even safer while gambling. What more could you possibly want?