Much has been talked in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues because of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the internet adaptation of this classic game present a escape, or might it in no way compare to its real life peer?
Bingo is an enduring game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had undergone a recent resurgence in appeal with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlors instead of the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the smoking ban around United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most common areas where players enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo parlours. Profits have dropped and the business is literally struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they have not deserted this ancient game?
The answer is online. People know that they can wager on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, have a chance at huge cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course betting on on the net is unlikely to replace the communal portion of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with no choice.
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