An abundance has been written in the papers recently about the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the net variation of this traditional game offer a salvation, or will it never compare to its land based kin?
Bingo is an ancient game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game lately had witnessed a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlors instead of the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the anti smoking law around England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most common places where folks enjoy smoking.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plummeted and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Of course they haven’t given up on this age old game?
The answer is on the web. People know that they can enjoy bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beer and cig and still enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course playing on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective part of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the rules have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.
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