An abundance has been written in the press not long ago about the bingo industry being hit because of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge tax breaks to assist in keeping the industry alive. However can the online variation of this quintessential game present a lifeline, or will it not compare to its land based opposite?
Bingo is an classic game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game of late had undergone a recent comeback in appeal with younger people deciding to go to the bingo halls in place of the clubs on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the legislating of the anti smoking law around Britain.
No more will gamblers be permitted to smoke whilst marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public location will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most popular places where folks enjoy smoking.
The results of the smoking ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo halls. Profits have plummeted and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Of course they haven’t deserted this ancient game?
The answer is online. Players realise that they can enjoy bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a drink and fag and still have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course gambling on on the net could never replace the collective part of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a lot of bingo players with little alternative.
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