Much has been talked in the papers recently regarding the bingo industry being hit as a result of the smoking ban in the UK. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But will the internet variation of this quintessential game provide a lifeline, or will it in no way compare to its land based opposite?
Bingo has been an age old game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game lately had seen a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger people deciding to visit the bingo parlours in place of the clubs on a Saturday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the smoking ban across Britain.
No longer will enthusiasts be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public place will not be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favorite areas where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo halls. Numbers have plunged and the business is literally struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Certainly they haven’t deserted this ancient game?
The answer is on the net. People are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a drink and fag and in the end, enjoy monstrous prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course playing on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective part of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with no alternative.
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