A lot has been reported in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However will the net variation of this classic game present a reprieve, or might it in no way compare to its real life kin?
Bingo is an enduring game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently had seen a recent resurgence in popularity with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo halls in place of the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the anti smoking law throughout Britain.
No longer will enthusiasts be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public place will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favorite locations where people like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlours. Profits have dropped and the business is literally struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Surely they haven’t forgotten this enduring game?
The answer is online. People know that they can participate in bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and fag and in the end, enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course wagering on online is unlikely to replace the communal aspect of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the law has left a good many bingo players with no option.
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