A lot has been talked in the papers recently about the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the anti smoking law in England. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the net adaptation of this classic game present a salvation, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar relative?
Bingo has been an classic game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game of late had witnessed a recent resurgence in popularity with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlours in place of the bars on a weekend. This is all about to be reversed with the enacting of the anti cigarette law around UK.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most popular places where many people enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo parlors. Players have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Obviously they haven’t forgotten this familiar game?
The answer is on the net. Gamblers know that they can gamble on bingo using their computer while enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the net could never replace the social portion of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with no choice.
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