Can the Cigarette Ban in the UK Drive Bingo Players On to the Net?
An abundance has been talked in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the anti cigarette law in England. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to help keep the industry afloat. However can the web version of this traditional game offer a escape, or might it in no way compare to its real life relative?
Bingo has been an familiar game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game lately had experienced a recent return in appeal with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlors instead of the discos on a weekend. This is all about to be destroyed with the introduction of the smoking ban throughout UK.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public locations will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favorite locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the smoking ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo halls. Profits have plunged and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Of course they have not abandoned this age old game?
The answer is on the net. Players are now realizing that they can participate in bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and fag and still enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent development and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course gambling on online could never replace the social portion of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little option.
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