An abundance has been stated in the press recently 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 demanded massive tax breaks to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But will the web variation of this quintessential game offer a salvation, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar opposite?
Bingo is an age old game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game recently had seen a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlors instead of the discos on a weekend. All this is about to change with the legislating of the cigarette ban all over United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public area will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favored locations where players enjoy smoking.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the industry is literally struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Obviously they haven’t cast aside this established game?
The answer is on the web. Players realize that they can enjoy bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cig and still enjoy monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course wagering on on the net is unlikely to replace the collective part of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with no choice.