Might the Cigarette Ban in the United Kingdom Drive Bingo Players Online?

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A lot has been written in the papers not long ago regarding the bingo industry struggling because of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However can the internet variation of this classic game provide a lifeline, or might it not compare to its land based equivalent?

Bingo has been an established game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game of late had experienced a recent resurgence in popularity with younger people deciding to hit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a weekend. This is all about to be reversed with the legislating of the cigarette ban throughout United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favored places where people like to smoke.

The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo parlours. Numbers have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Of course they haven’t abandoned this enduring game?

The answer is online. Gamblers are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, enjoy massive prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course playing on the net can never replace the social portion of going over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little choice.