20-Sep-06. Local bingos are getting smoked out. Edmonton Sun, 11.

This editorial-type article discusses the smoking ban in the City of Edmonton and its negative effect on charitable bingo halls. A study by the Satellite Bingo Association says that there has been a 25 per cent drop in attendance in the first 12 months of the smoking ban as compared to the previous year. Profit from bingos that go to charitable organizations was also down 53 per cent or $6.8-million.