Can the Anti Smoking Law in England Drive Bingo Players Online?
A lot has been written in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling as a result of the anti smoking law in the UK. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the industry alive. But will the net adaptation of this traditional game present a salvation, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?
Bingo has been an classic game historically played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had undergone a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlours in place of the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the anti smoking law around England and Wales.
Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 every public place will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored areas where people enjoy smoking.
The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Profits have dropped and the industry is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Certainly they haven’t abandoned this enduring game?
The answer is on the web. Players are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo using their computer while enjoying a beer and cig and in the end, enjoy massive prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course playing on the net can never replace the communal part of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the law has left a number of bingo players with little alternative.
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