An abundance has been written in the press recently about the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti cigarette law in England. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to assist in keeping the industry afloat. But will the internet variation of this traditional game provide a reprieve, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo is an classic game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game lately had witnessed a recent increase in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlors instead of the clubs on a weekend. All this is about to be destroyed with the introduction of the smoking ban throughout Britain.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favored places where people like to smoke.
The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the business is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Certainly they haven’t forgotten this enduring game?
The answer is online. People are now realizing that they can participate in bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and fag and still have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course betting on on the net could never replace the collective portion of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little choice.
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