An abundance has been talked in the press not long ago concerning the bingo industry struggling because of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However does the internet variation of this classic game provide a lifeline, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo is an familiar game historically played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game lately had experienced a recent comeback in acceptance with younger people opting to visit the bingo parlors instead of the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the enacting of the smoking ban throughout UK.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular places where many people like to smoke.
The outcome of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plunged and the industry is absolutely fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Surely they have not deserted this enduring game?
The answer is online. Gamblers realise that they can enjoy bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and fag and in the end, have a chance at big jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the social portion of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.
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