Much has been reported in the papers not long ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to help keep the businesses alive. However will the net version of this traditional game provide a escape, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar opposite?
Bingo has been an age old game historically enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game lately had experienced a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger people opting to go to the bingo halls instead of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the enacting of the smoking ban throughout England and Wales.
Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes while marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public place will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most common areas where players enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo halls. Players have dropped and the industry is absolutely fighting for its life. But where did all the players go? Surely they haven’t cast aside this established game?
The answer is online. Players are now realizing that they can wager on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beer and smoke and still enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course wagering on online can never replace the collective portion of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the rules have left a good many bingo players with no option.
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