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Can the Anti Cigarette Law in the UK Take Bingo Enthusiasts Online?
An abundance has been talked in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the smoking ban in England. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge aid to help keep the businesses alive. However will the internet version of this classic game present a lifeline, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo has been an familiar game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had undergone a recent comeback in popularity with younger people opting to visit the bingo halls instead of the discos on a weekend. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the anti smoking law all over United Kingdom.
No more will players be able to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public area will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most common locations where players like to smoke.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlours. Players have plummeted and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Of course they haven’t abandoned this ancient game?
The answer is on the web. Gamblers know that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a drink and smoke and still enjoy massive jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course wagering on on the web is unlikely to replace the social aspect of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a good many bingo players with little alternative.