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Will the Anti Smoking Law in England Take Bingo Players Online?
Much has been written in the press recently about the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the anti smoking law in Britain. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However can the net version of this classic game offer a escape, or will it never compare to its land based equivalent?
Bingo is an classic game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game of late had seen a recent comeback in appeal with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo halls instead of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to change with the enforcement of the smoking ban all over England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored places where players like to puff on cigarettes.
The effects of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the business is absolutely fighting for its life. But where did all the players go? Surely they haven’t forgotten this established game?
The answer is on the net. Players know that they can enjoy bingo from their computer while enjoying a beer and cigarette and still have a chance at huge jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the collective part of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with no option.