Will the Anti Cigarette Law in the UK Take Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Web?
A lot has been reported in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry struggling because of the cigarette ban in Britain. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the net version of this quintessential game offer a escape, or will it not compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo has been an classic game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game lately had undergone a recent resurgence in popularity with younger members of society deciding to visit the bingo parlors rather than the discos on a weekend. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the enforcement of the anti smoking law all over United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most popular locations where people enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlors. Players have dropped and the industry is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Of course they haven’t given up on this classic game?
The answer is on the web. Gamblers realise that they can play bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and fag and in the end, enjoy massive prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has happened just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course betting on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective portion of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a number of bingo players with no alternative.
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