20
June
Written by Lily.
Posted in: Bingo
An abundance has been stated in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hit because of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However will the web variation of this traditional game present a salvation, or might it never compare to its land based kin?
Bingo has been an classic game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently had undergone a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a weekend. All this is about to be destroyed with the legislating of the smoking ban across United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke whilst marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public area will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most common places where people enjoy smoking.
The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo parlours. Numbers have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for its life. But where did all the players go? Certainly they haven’t given up on this ancient game?
The answer is online. Gamblers realise that they can play bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and fag and in the end, have a chance at huge jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with little option.
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