A lot has been written in the papers not long ago concerning the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive aid to help keep the industry alive. However will the web variation of this traditional game present a reprieve, or might it in no way compare to its land based peer?
Bingo has been an familiar game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game lately had witnessed a recent comeback in appeal with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlors rather than the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to change with the enacting of the cigarette ban around Britain.
No more will enthusiasts be allowed to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most popular places where folks enjoy smoking.
The effects of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plummeted and the business is absolutely struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Certainly they have not cast aside this familiar game?
The answer is on the net. Gamblers know that they can enjoy bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cig and in the end, enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on on the web will never replace the collective part of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the rules have left many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.
