Much has been reported in the papers recently regarding the bingo industry being hurt as a consequence of the smoking ban in England. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive tax cuts to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However can the online variation of this quintessential game provide a escape, or might it in no way compare to its land based kin?
Bingo has been an ancient game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game recently had witnessed a recent return in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo halls instead of the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to change with the legislating of the cigarette ban all over United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will not be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favorite areas where people like to smoke.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo halls. Numbers have plunged and the industry is absolutely struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they haven’t deserted this classic game?
The answer is on the web. People are now realizing that they can bet on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, enjoy monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent development and has happened almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course wagering on on the web could never replace the social part of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no choice.
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