27
April
Written by Lily.
Posted in: Bingo
A lot has been stated in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hit because of the smoking ban in Britain. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. But can the net adaptation of this quintessential game present a reprieve, or will it never compare to its real life peer?
Bingo has been an enduring game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game lately had undergone a recent return in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo parlors in place of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the legislating of the cigarette ban across Britain.
Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public places will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most common areas where people enjoy smoking.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo halls. Numbers have plummeted and the industry is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Surely they have not given up on this age old game?
The answer is online. Gamblers are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo from their computer while enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent development and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the net is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a number of bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.
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