Could the Anti Smoking Law in the United Kingdom Drive Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Net?
An abundance has been talked in the papers recently about the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the cigarette ban in the UK. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. But can the internet variation of this classic game present a escape, or might it never compare to its real life equivalent?
Bingo has been an classic game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game lately had undergone a recent return in popularity with younger people opting to visit the bingo parlours instead of the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the enacting of the smoking ban throughout United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public area will not be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most popular areas where people enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo halls. Numbers have dropped and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Surely they have not cast aside this familiar game?
The answer is online. Players realize that they can play bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beer and cig and in the end, enjoy massive jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course playing online will never replace the communal aspect of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of players the rules have left many bingo players with little choice.
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