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An abundance has been reported in the press recently about the bingo industry struggling because of the anti smoking law in England. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However does the web variation of this traditional game offer a lifeline, or might it in no way compare to its land based peer?
Bingo is an classic game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game recently had experienced a recent resurgence in appeal with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the legislating of the anti smoking law all over United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most common areas where many people enjoy smoking.
The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo halls. Numbers have dropped and the industry is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Certainly they have not cast aside this enduring game?
The answer is online. Players know that they can enjoy bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and smoke and still enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course betting on on the net is unlikely to replace the social aspect of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no choice.
