An abundance has been reported in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the anti smoking law in England. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the web variation of this classic game offer a reprieve, or will it never compare to its land based equivalent?
Bingo is an familiar game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had seen a recent increase in appeal with younger people deciding to hit the bingo parlours instead of the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the introduction of the smoking ban throughout Britain.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored areas where players enjoy smoking.
The effects of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo parlours. Profits have dropped and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they haven’t forgotten this ancient game?
The answer is on the web. People know that they can participate in bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and cig and in the end, enjoy massive prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing on the net is unlikely to replace the communal part of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no choice.
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