The End of a Bingo Era

Both smoking and non smoking bingo players are fussing about the new UK law that prohibits smoking in public areas. Bingo and smoking have long gone hand in hand and the new laws are threatening to break up this relationship. Additionally, Land based bingo halls are being hurt badly by these laws as players are busy smoking outside instead of playing bingo inside. With this said, the future of …

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Tue, May 13th, 2008

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