An abundance has been reported in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a result of the anti smoking law in Britain. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However does the internet version of this classic game present a escape, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar peer?
Bingo has been an established game historically enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game of late had witnessed a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo halls instead of the bars on a weekend. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the smoking ban across England and Wales.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke while marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public area will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most common areas where people enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plunged and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Obviously they haven’t cast aside this established game?
The answer is online. Players know that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beer and cigarette and in the end, have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the net is unlikely to replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the rules have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no option.
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