A lot has been talked in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hit as a result of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However can the web version of this traditional game offer a salvation, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?
Bingo is an enduring game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had undergone a recent increase in popularity with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo parlors rather than the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the enacting of the smoking ban across United Kingdom.
No longer will players be permitted to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public location will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favorite areas where players like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they have not deserted this age old game?
The answer is on the web. People know that they can enjoy bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and cig and in the end, enjoy big prizes. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing on the net is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the law has left a lot of bingo players with little choice.
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