A lot has been talked in the press not long ago about the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti smoking law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax cuts to help keep the businesses afloat. But does the internet adaptation of this classic game offer a salvation, or will it not compare to its real life equivalent?
Bingo has been an age old game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. However the game lately had undergone a recent comeback in acceptance with younger people opting to visit the bingo parlours rather than the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to change with the legislating of the smoking ban around United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most popular places where people enjoy smoking.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo halls. Numbers have plummeted and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they have not cast aside this classic game?
The answer is online. People realize that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and smoke and still enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course betting on on the internet could never replace the communal portion of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with little alternative.
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