Oct 172020
Much has been reported in the papers recently about the bingo industry being hit as a result of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the net version of this classic game offer a lifeline, or might it not compare to its real life equivalent?
Bingo has been an familiar game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game recently had witnessed a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger people deciding to visit the bingo halls instead of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the smoking ban across UK.
No more will gamblers be able to smoke while dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public area will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored areas where many people enjoy smoking.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo parlours. Profits have dropped and the business is absolutely fighting for its life. But where did the players go? Surely they have not deserted this age old game?
The answer is online. Gamblers know that they can enjoy bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and fag and still enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course betting on on the web is unlikely to replace the social part of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a good many bingo players with little alternative.
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