A lot has been written in the papers not long ago about the bingo industry being hit because of the cigarette ban in England. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big tax breaks to help keep the businesses alive. But does the internet version of this quintessential game provide a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its real life equivalent?
Bingo is an classic game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game lately had experienced a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo halls instead of the discos on a Friday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the smoking ban throughout Britain.
Players will no longer be able to smoke whilst marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most common places where many people like to smoke.
The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plummeted and the industry is literally fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Of course they haven’t deserted this age old game?
The answer is on the net. Players know that they can wager on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a drink and fag and in the end, enjoy monstrous jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing on the web is unlikely to replace the collective part of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.
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