Might the Smoking Ban in Britain Force Bingo Players On to the Net?

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A lot has been stated in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge tax breaks to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However does the web adaptation of this quintessential game present a escape, or might it in no way compare to its land based kin?

Bingo has been an classic game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game lately had undergone a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlours in place of the clubs on a Saturday night. This is all about to change with the enacting of the anti smoking law all over UK.

Players will no longer be able to smoke whilst marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favorite areas where players like to puff on cigarettes.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo halls. Profits have plummeted and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Surely they haven’t forgotten this ancient game?

The answer is online. Players are now realizing that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and fag and in the end, enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course wagering on online can never replace the communal aspect of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a number of bingo players with no alternative.