An abundance has been reported in the press recently regarding the bingo industry being hurt as a consequence of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge tax cuts to help keep the industry afloat. However does the net version of this traditional game offer a reprieve, or might it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar relative?
Bingo is an classic game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had undergone a recent resurgence in popularity with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo halls rather than the clubs on a Saturday night. This is all about to be reversed with the enacting of the anti cigarette law throughout UK.
No longer will players be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favored areas where folks like to smoke.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo halls. Numbers have dropped and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they haven’t cast aside this ancient game?
The answer is on the net. People realise that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on on the web will never replace the communal aspect of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the rules have left a number of bingo players with little option.
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