An abundance has been written in the papers recently concerning the bingo industry struggling as a result of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to help keep the industry afloat. But can the net adaptation of this classic game offer a escape, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo is an ancient game generally played by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game lately had experienced a recent increase in popularity with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo halls rather than the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the smoking ban throughout England and Wales.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favorite locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the smoking ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Players have plunged and the business is literally fighting for its life. But where did all the players go? Surely they haven’t deserted this age old game?
The answer is on the web. Players realise that they can play bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beer and cig and in the end, enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course wagering on online is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no choice.
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