A lot has been reported in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hit as a result of the anti smoking law in the UK. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. But can the online variation of this quintessential game offer a salvation, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo is an ancient game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game lately had experienced a recent comeback in appeal with younger people opting to visit the bingo halls rather than the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to change with the enforcement of the anti smoking law throughout UK.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most common locations where people like to smoke.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they haven’t deserted this classic game?
The answer is on the internet. Gamblers are now realizing that they can participate in bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and smoke and in the end, have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on on the net can never replace the collective part of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with no choice.