A lot has been written in the papers recently about the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti smoking law in Britain. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big tax cuts to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the internet adaptation of this traditional game offer a lifeline, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar peer?
Bingo has been an age old game historically enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game lately had undergone a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlours instead of the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to be reversed with the introduction of the cigarette ban throughout UK.
No more will players be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public place will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favorite places where people enjoy smoking.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo parlours. Profits have dropped and the business is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Of course they haven’t abandoned this ancient game?
The answer is on the net. Players realize that they can bet on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, enjoy monstrous prizes. This is a recent development and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the web could never replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the law has left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little choice.