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Much has been stated in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big aid to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However does the web version of this quintessential game provide a reprieve, or will it never compare to its real life relative?
Bingo has been an established game generally played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game of late had experienced a recent comeback in popularity with younger members of society opting to visit the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the anti smoking law throughout UK.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke while dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most common places where players enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Obviously they have not abandoned this classic game?
The answer is on the net. Gamblers realise that they can play bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and cigarette and in the end, have a chance at monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course gambling on on the internet is unlikely to replace the social aspect of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the law has left many bingo players with little option.
