Much has been talked in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However can the online version of this quintessential game provide a lifeline, or will it not compare to its land based kin?
Bingo has been an age old game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game of late had undergone a recent return in acceptance with younger members of society opting to hit the bingo halls rather than the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the enforcement of the smoking ban around Britain.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public locations will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favorite locations where players like to smoke.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo halls. Numbers have plummeted and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Certainly they haven’t deserted this enduring game?
The answer is online. Gamblers are now realizing that they can participate in bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, have a chance at massive cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.
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