Much has been written in the press recently regarding the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But does the internet adaptation of this quintessential game offer a escape, or might it not compare to its land based opposite?
Bingo has been an enduring game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game recently had witnessed a recent comeback in popularity with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo parlors instead of the bars on a weekend. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the smoking ban all over England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public place will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite locations where people like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo halls. Numbers have dropped and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Obviously they have not cast aside this established game?
The answer is on the net. People realize that they can gamble on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and smoke and still enjoy big prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course wagering on on the internet is unlikely to replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a good many bingo players with no choice.
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