A lot has been stated in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big aid to help keep the businesses alive. However can the net version of this traditional game offer a escape, or will it in no way compare to its land based kin?
Bingo is an established game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had seen a recent comeback in appeal with younger people deciding to visit the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the anti cigarette law around United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most common locations where players enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo parlours. Players have plunged and the business is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Certainly they haven’t given up on this ancient game?
The answer is online. Players realise that they can participate in bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and smoke and in the end, have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent development and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the internet is unlikely to replace the social portion of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a number of bingo players with no option.
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