A lot has been reported in the papers recently regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti cigarette law in England. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big tax cuts to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But does the web adaptation of this classic game offer a salvation, or will it not compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo has been an established game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had undergone a recent comeback in acceptance with younger people opting to hit the bingo halls rather than the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the enacting of the anti smoking law across England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular locations where people enjoy smoking.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo parlours. Numbers have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Obviously they have not abandoned this enduring game?
The answer is on the internet. Gamblers realise that they can play bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and fag and still enjoy monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing on the internet is unlikely to replace the social part of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of people the rules have left a number of bingo players with no choice.
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