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Much has been written in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti smoking law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. But will the internet version of this classic game provide a escape, or will it not compare to its land based kin?
Bingo is an age old game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game lately had seen a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlors in place of the discos on a weekend. This is all about to change with the legislating of the cigarette ban all over England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public locations will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favorite areas where many people enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo parlours. Profits have dropped and the industry is literally fighting for its life. But where have the players gone? Of course they have not forgotten this enduring game?
The answer is online. People know that they can gamble on bingo from their computer while enjoying a drink and fag and in the end, enjoy monstrous prizes. This is a recent development and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course gambling on on the internet will never replace the collective portion of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the rules have left many bingo players with no alternative.
