Might the Anti Cigarette Law in England Take Bingo Players On to the Web?
An abundance has been talked in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big tax breaks to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the web variation of this classic game present a escape, or will it in no way compare to its land based opposite?
Bingo has been an ancient game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently had undergone a recent return in appeal with younger people opting to hit the bingo halls rather than the bars on a weekend. All this is about to be destroyed with the introduction of the cigarette ban across Britain.
No longer will players be permitted to smoke whilst marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most common areas where many people like to smoke.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo parlors. Profits have plummeted and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Of course they haven’t abandoned this established game?
The answer is on the net. Players know that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beer and fag and still enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent development and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing online is unlikely to replace the collective part of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the rules have left a number of bingo enthusiasts with no option.
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