Will the Smoking Ban in England Take Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Web?
An abundance has been written in the papers not long ago aboutthe bingo industry being hit because of the cigarette ban in England. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge tax cuts to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the online version of this classic game provide a salvation, or might it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar peer?
Bingo has been an age old game generally played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game lately had experienced a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo halls in place of the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the enacting of the anti smoking law across United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke while marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public area will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most popular places where folks like to smoke.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo parlours. Numbers have dropped and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Of course they have not given up on this enduring game?
The answer is on the net. People know that they can participate in bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and cigarette and in the end, enjoy big prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.
Of course playing online is unlikely to replace the communal portion of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left many bingo enthusiasts with no choice.
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