Much has been written in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the anti smoking law in the UK. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big tax breaks to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However does the net variation of this traditional game provide a escape, or will it not compare to its real life equivalent?
Bingo is an established game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had witnessed a recent return in appeal with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo halls in place of the clubs on a Saturday night. This is all about to be reversed with the legislating of the cigarette ban across UK.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke while dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public locations will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most popular areas where many people enjoy smoking.
The results of the smoking ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo halls. Players have plummeted and the business is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Surely they have not deserted this ancient game?
The answer is online. Gamblers realise that they can participate in bingo using their computer while enjoying a beer and cigarette and in the end, enjoy massive jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on on the net could never replace the collective aspect of going over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a lot of bingo players with no alternative.
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