A lot has been talked in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti smoking law in the UK. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge aid to assist in keeping the industry alive. However can the web adaptation of this quintessential game offer a reprieve, or will it not compare to its land based relative?
Bingo has been an age old game historically enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game recently had witnessed a recent increase in popularity with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to change with the legislating of the anti cigarette law around UK.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public place will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most popular locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo parlours. Profits have dropped and the business is literally fighting for its life. But where did the players go? Certainly they haven’t abandoned this age old game?
The answer is on the internet. People know that they can wager on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beer and cig and in the end, enjoy massive jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course betting on online is unlikely to replace the collective part of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the law has left a number of bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.
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