An abundance has been talked in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry being hurt as a consequence of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However will the net adaptation of this traditional game offer a reprieve, or might it never compare to its real life relative?
Bingo is an familiar game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game recently had experienced a recent resurgence in appeal with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlours in place of the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the cigarette ban across Britain.
No more will enthusiasts be permitted to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public place will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favorite areas where many people enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo parlors. Players have dropped and the business is literally struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Certainly they have not abandoned this established game?
The answer is on the net. Gamblers are now realizing that they can participate in bingo using their computer while enjoying a drink and smoke and still enjoy big cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course gambling on online could never replace the collective portion of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with no option.