A lot has been talked in the press recently about the bingo industry being hit because of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive aid to help keep the businesses afloat. But does the internet variation of this classic game provide a escape, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?
Bingo has been an familiar game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game of late had undergone a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the anti cigarette law all over UK.
Players will no longer be able to smoke whilst marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public area will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most common areas where players like to puff on cigarettes.
The effects of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo halls. Profits have dropped and the industry is literally struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they have not deserted this established game?
The answer is online. People realize that they can bet on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cig and in the end, enjoy big prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing on the net will never replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a lot of bingo players with no choice.
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