Mar 15 2009
Have you ever played Bingo at your church?
I’m not saying that to be smart. I am simply asking it because although we get confused as Christians when differentiating between Bingo for a fundraising event or Sweepstakes for a cause and even a trip to Atlantic City sponsored by your parish. When do you consider any of it as gambling? Aren’t all of it a game of chance?
It’s funny because I heard about this new craze where you can play Sweepstakes via SMS now. Have you heard that? You send a text message (you can play as much as you want, just know that each text message will cost you) and a winner is declared for each *th player. It could be the 100th or the 861st as the winner but each one has a different prize. If you want to see what this Sweepstakes have to offer, just visit the site at SMSnia.com and preview the prizes that they are offering. You can choose any sweepstakes you would like to participate in and all you do is send a text message to participate. You have to confirm that you sent the text message by sending a Y back to know that you agree to pay the fee to send in your bet.
Technology has really taken us all beyond our imagination. I can’t even think of what people did without cell phones way back then. Today, if your wife goes shopping for groceries and you realized that you’re also out of milk and it’s not on the list, you just pick up the phone and call her on her cell to let her know and voila!, you have milk when she gets home.
Now, it’s texting to win prizes? Wow! What could be next?
