A lot has been reported in the papers recently regarding the bingo industry being hurt as a consequence of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big tax breaks to help keep the businesses afloat. However can the internet adaptation of this quintessential game offer a reprieve, or might it not compare to its land based equivalent?
Bingo is an classic game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had undergone a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlors in place of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enforcement of the anti smoking law all over UK.
No more will players be allowed to smoke while marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public places will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite places where people like to puff on cigarettes.
The effects of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo parlors. Profits have plummeted and the business is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Surely they haven’t deserted this enduring game?
The answer is on the net. Players realize that they can bet on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and fag and in the end, have a chance at monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on on the internet could never replace the communal part of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with no option.
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