Will the Smoking Ban in England Take Bingo Enthusiasts Online?

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An abundance has been stated in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry being hurt because of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However will the internet adaptation of this quintessential game offer a reprieve, or will it not compare to its land based peer?

Bingo is an age old game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game recently had seen a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger people deciding to hit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the enacting of the anti cigarette law around England and Wales.

Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public locations will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favorite places where players like to smoke.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo parlours. Players have plummeted and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Certainly they haven’t forgotten this ancient game?

The answer is online. Players realise that they can gamble on bingo using their computer while enjoying a beverage and fag and in the end, enjoy big jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course playing on the web can never replace the collective part of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the rules have left many bingo players with little alternative.