Jan 162025
A lot has been reported in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a result of the anti smoking law in England. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big tax breaks to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However will the internet variation of this traditional game provide a lifeline, or might it not compare to its land based equivalent?
Bingo is an classic game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game recently had undergone a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlours instead of the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the introduction of the smoking ban throughout United Kingdom.
No longer will players be allowed to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favorite places where folks like to smoke.
The outcome of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Players have plummeted and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Of course they have not forgotten this familiar game?
The answer is on the web. Gamblers realise that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and fag and still enjoy massive cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course betting on on the web is unlikely to replace the communal aspect of going over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a lot of bingo players with no option.
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