A lot has been written in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But does the net adaptation of this quintessential game offer a escape, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar relative?
Bingo has been an age old game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game recently had undergone a recent increase in popularity with younger people opting to visit the bingo parlours rather than the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to be reversed with the enacting of the anti smoking law all over Britain.
No more will players be allowed to smoke at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favorite places where many people enjoy smoking.
The effects of the smoking ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plunged and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Certainly they have not abandoned this classic game?
The answer is on the net. People realise that they can gamble on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and cigarette and still enjoy monstrous jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course wagering on on the net will never replace the social part of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the rules have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no option.
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