Much has been stated in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the anti smoking law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the web adaptation of this traditional game offer a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar peer?
Bingo is an classic game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game recently had witnessed a recent increase in acceptance with younger members of society opting to visit the bingo parlours in place of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the legislating of the cigarette ban all over Britain.
Players will no longer be able to smoke whilst marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public area will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favored locations where folks like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the anti cigarette law can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo parlors. Profits have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Certainly they have not abandoned this age old game?
The answer is on the internet. People realize that they can gamble on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and cigarette and still enjoy massive prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing on the internet is unlikely to replace the communal part of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the rules have left a good many bingo players with no choice.
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