Much has been talked in the press recently concerning the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the anti smoking law in the United Kingdom. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the web adaptation of this quintessential game provide a salvation, or might it in no way compare to its real life equivalent?
Bingo has been an enduring game generally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game lately had undergone a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the enacting of the cigarette ban around UK.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favorite locations where many people enjoy smoking.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo halls. Numbers have plunged and the business is absolutely struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Certainly they have not abandoned this classic game?
The answer is on the web. Players know that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beverage and fag and in the end, enjoy monstrous jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.
Of course wagering on on the net is unlikely to replace the communal portion of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left many bingo players with no option.
