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by Penny Walker
The fact that our world is experiencing a severe economic crisis is no news. For some time, the whole globe has been under the effects of this new situation that seems to be here to stay. This world crisis is affecting all areas of daily life, especially for those who are used to easy�free bingo money. Of course, some are businesses and sectors are more affected than others, but the fact is that, apparently, nothing is exempt from it - not even bingo!Having realised that the casino and the bingo industries are no exception, the British government have started a series of conversations with experts in the gaming business, to study the effects of crisis on most aspects of the gaming industry - crisis affects them all, although in a different way. The United Kingdom government, then, decided to assess how the current economic crisis affects the world of bingo rooms and casinos so that the different establishments in the UK can be helped to avid their close down.Recently, the British branch of the PWC (Price Waterhouse Coopers International Ltd) has conducted a study with the aim to assess the effects of crisis on the gaming industry. According to their results, the gaming industry - which includes Bingo -, is the sector that has best dealt with the effects of crisis in the whole entertainment industry.On the one hand, and according to the findings of the study, the smoking ban was much a harder blow for the gaming business than the economic crisis itself. However,�Bingo�is the less affected activity in the industry, with similar rates of popularity and fans than before the world economy crisis - bingo fans are always eager to get free money bingo, no matter what. On the other hand, slot machines and other low-betting games like lottery are seeing a positive response to the current status of the global economy.It is certainly very good news to know that the British bingo industry is licking the crisis is in a positive way!