An abundance has been written in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues because of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But does the net adaptation of this traditional game offer a salvation, or might it not compare to its real life peer?
Bingo has been an age old game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game of late had witnessed a recent increase in acceptance with younger people deciding to visit the bingo parlours in place of the clubs on a Saturday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the anti cigarette law across England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public locations will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favored areas where many people enjoy smoking.
The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo parlors. Players have plunged and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they haven’t abandoned this ancient game?
The answer is online. Gamblers know that they can play bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course gambling on online is unlikely to replace the communal portion of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the law has left a good many bingo players with no choice.