Much has been written in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues because of the smoking ban in the UK. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the net variation of this quintessential game offer a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo has been an familiar game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game lately had undergone a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo parlors rather than the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the anti cigarette law all over Britain.
No more will gamblers be allowed to puff on cigarettes while marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular locations where people enjoy smoking.
The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Of course they haven’t cast aside this established game?
The answer is on the internet. Players realize that they can gamble on bingo using their computer while enjoying a cocktail and cigarette and still enjoy monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course wagering on on the net can never replace the social portion of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the law has left a number of bingo players with little alternative.
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