A lot has been reported in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry struggling as a result of the smoking ban in Britain. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But can the net variation of this traditional game provide a lifeline, or will it not compare to its real life equivalent?
Bingo has been an familiar game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game of late had undergone a recent return in appeal with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlors rather than the discos on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the legislating of the smoking ban around Britain.
Players will no longer be able to smoke while dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most popular places where players like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo parlours. Profits have plunged and the industry is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Obviously they haven’t abandoned this familiar game?
The answer is on the net. People know that they can participate in bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and fag and in the end, have a chance at huge cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on on the net is unlikely to replace the collective part of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with little option.
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