Much has been reported in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hit as a result of the anti smoking law in the UK. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive tax breaks to help keep the industry afloat. However can the net version of this quintessential game offer a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its land based relative?
Bingo has been an familiar game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game of late had witnessed a recent comeback in popularity with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo halls rather than the clubs on a weekend. This is all about to be destroyed with the enacting of the cigarette ban across UK.
No more will gamblers be allowed to smoke whilst marking numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public area will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular areas where many people enjoy smoking.
The results of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo halls. Numbers have plummeted and the industry is literally struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Certainly they haven’t abandoned this established game?
The answer is online. Players are now realizing that they can play bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and cig and in the end, have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.
Of course betting on on the web is unlikely to replace the collective portion of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little choice.
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