An abundance has been written in the press not long ago regarding the bingo industry struggling because of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the web variation of this traditional game provide a lifeline, or might it not compare to its land based peer?
Bingo has been an familiar game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game of late had undergone a recent comeback in acceptance with younger people opting to visit the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a weekend. This is all about to change with the introduction of the smoking ban all over UK.
Players will no longer be able to smoke while dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 every public area will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored places where players enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plunged and the business is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Surely they have not forgotten this age old game?
The answer is on the net. People are now realizing that they can enjoy bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beer and fag and still have a chance at big cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective portion of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a number of bingo enthusiasts with little choice.
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