A lot has been stated in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti smoking law in the UK. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the industry afloat. However will the online adaptation of this traditional game provide a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its real life peer?
Bingo has been an established game historically played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had experienced a recent comeback in appeal with younger members of society opting to go to the bingo parlors rather than the discos on a Friday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the introduction of the anti smoking law throughout United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favored areas where people enjoy smoking.
The results of the smoking ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo halls. Profits have plummeted and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Of course they have not cast aside this established game?
The answer is on the net. People realize that they can wager on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beer and cig and still enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent development and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on on the internet is unlikely to replace the social portion of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no choice.
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