04
May
Written by Lily.
Posted in: Bingo
An abundance has been reported in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the anti smoking law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to help keep the industry afloat. However can the web variation of this classic game provide a escape, or might it never compare to its land based equivalent?
Bingo has been an enduring game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game lately had undergone a recent resurgence in popularity with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlours instead of the bars on a weekend. This is all about to be reversed with the enacting of the anti smoking law all over England and Wales.
Players will no longer be able to smoke while marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public area will not be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most common locations where many people like to smoke.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo parlours. Numbers have dropped and the business is absolutely struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Surely they have not given up on this enduring game?
The answer is online. Gamblers realise that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and smoke and in the end, enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course wagering on on the net is unlikely to replace the communal aspect of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of men and women the rules have left many bingo players with little option.
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