Apr 022017
An abundance has been stated in the press recently concerning the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the anti cigarette law in England. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive tax breaks to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the online version of this quintessential game provide a reprieve, or will it not compare to its land based kin?
Bingo has been an age old game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. However the game recently had experienced a recent return in acceptance with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlors rather than the discos on a Saturday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the cigarette ban around UK.
Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public locations will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favored areas where folks enjoy smoking.
The results of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plunged and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Obviously they haven’t cast aside this familiar game?
The answer is online. Players realize that they can play bingo from their computer while enjoying a beer and smoke and in the end, have a chance at massive jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with no choice.
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