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August
Written by Lily.
Posted in: Bingo
An abundance has been reported in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a result of the cigarette ban in England. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However will the net variation of this traditional game offer a lifeline, or might it never compare to its real life peer?
Bingo is an classic game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had experienced a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a weekend. All this is about to change with the enforcement of the smoking ban around Britain.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, 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 forbidden in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plummeted and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Surely they have not given up on this classic game?
The answer is online. People realize that they can bet on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beer and cigarette and in the end, enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing on the net is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the rules have left a good many bingo players with no choice.
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