Much has been reported in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry being hurt as a consequence of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However does the online adaptation of this classic game present a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar relative?
Bingo has been an familiar game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game lately had witnessed a recent comeback in popularity with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlours in place of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the cigarette ban across Britain.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public area will not be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most popular areas where people like to smoke.
The results of the smoking ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plunged and the industry is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Of course they have not deserted this enduring game?
The answer is on the net. Gamblers realise that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and fag and still enjoy big cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.
Of course wagering on on the internet could never replace the collective part of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.
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