Can the Smoking Ban in Britain Drive Bingo Players On to the Net?
An abundance has been talked in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However will the web variation of this classic game provide a reprieve, or will it not compare to its land based equivalent?
Bingo is an established game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game recently had seen a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo halls rather than the bars on a weekend. All this is about to change with the enacting of the cigarette ban around United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 every public place will not be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most popular places where folks like to smoke.
The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they haven’t forgotten this familiar game?
The answer is on the internet. Gamblers realize that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a drink and smoke and in the end, have a chance at massive prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course wagering on on the web could never replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the law has left a number of bingo players with no choice.
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