Much has been written in the press recently about the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive tax cuts to help keep the industry alive. But does the web variation of this classic game present a reprieve, or will it not compare to its real life equivalent?
Bingo is an age old game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game recently had undergone a recent comeback in popularity with younger people opting to hit the bingo parlors rather than the discos on a Friday night. This is all about to change with the enacting of the anti cigarette law throughout UK.
No longer will players be able to puff on cigarettes while marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favored areas where people enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Players have plunged and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Obviously they haven’t cast aside this familiar game?
The answer is on the internet. Players realize that they can bet on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beer and cigarette and still enjoy big jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course betting on online will never replace the social aspect of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left many bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.
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