Much has been stated in the press not long ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the smoking ban in Britain. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge aid to help keep the businesses alive. However does the web adaptation of this quintessential game present a lifeline, or might it never compare to its land based peer?
Bingo has been an familiar game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had experienced a recent return in popularity with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlours in place of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the enacting of the anti smoking law all over UK.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes while marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public area will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most common places where many people enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plunged and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Certainly they haven’t abandoned this classic game?
The answer is on the internet. People realize that they can wager on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and smoke and still have a chance at huge prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course wagering on on the net is unlikely to replace the social part of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with no choice.