An abundance has been talked in the press recently concerning the bingo industry being hit because of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to assist in keeping the industry afloat. But will the online version of this traditional game offer a salvation, or might it in no way compare to its land based peer?
Bingo is an familiar game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game recently had undergone a recent resurgence in appeal with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlours rather than the clubs on a Saturday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the introduction of the anti smoking law throughout Britain.
Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most common locations where folks enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Players have plunged and the industry is literally fighting for its life. But where did all the players go? Certainly they haven’t cast aside this familiar game?
The answer is online. Gamblers realise that they can wager on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a drink and fag and in the end, enjoy big prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing on the internet is unlikely to replace the communal aspect of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a number of bingo players with no choice.
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