Will the Anti Cigarette Law in the UK Drive Bingo Enthusiasts Online?

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An abundance has been reported in the papers recently concerning the bingo industry singing the blues because of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to assist in keeping the industry afloat. However can the web variation of this traditional game provide a lifeline, or will it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?

Bingo has been an enduring game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game of late had undergone a recent resurgence in popularity with younger people deciding to go to the bingo parlours in place of the bars on a weekend. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the enforcement of the cigarette ban all over England and Wales.

Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public place will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most common places where people enjoy smoking.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo halls. Numbers have plummeted and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Surely they have not given up on this ancient game?

The answer is online. Players realize that they can bet on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a drink and smoke and in the end, enjoy monstrous jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.

Of course wagering on on the web can never replace the social portion of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little choice.