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April
Written by Lily.
Posted in: Bingo
Much has been reported in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti smoking law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the internet variation of this classic game offer a escape, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo has been an enduring game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game lately had witnessed a recent return in popularity with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlors instead of the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the enacting of the cigarette ban around UK.
Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public place will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite places where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo parlors. Players have plunged and the industry is literally fighting for its life. But where did the players go? Surely they haven’t abandoned this classic game?
The answer is on the net. Players realise that they can wager on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and cig and in the end, enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing online is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.
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