The owner of England's second-largest bingo hall chain, Rank Group Plc, has taken steps to ease the downturn in business after a ban on indoor smoking inpublic places.
Rank opened sheltered outdoor gaming areas and installed electronic gear that permits remote play at its bingo halls to counter a fall in sales after England barred indoor smoking in public places in July. The company is vulnerable to prohibitions on tobacco use because about half of bingo players smoke, twice the rate of the general populace, according to executives.
While this has helped stem the decline, sales for bingo are still down despite these efforts.
For the full story, please see Louisa Nesbitt and Loveday Morris Rank Sales Drop Eases on Casino, Bingo-Hall Visits , Bloomberg.com, May 7, 2008.
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