An abundance has been reported in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hurt because of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge tax breaks to help keep the businesses afloat. However will the net adaptation of this traditional game provide a salvation, or will it never compare to its land based opposite?
Bingo is an classic game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game of late had seen a recent return in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo halls instead of the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the introduction of the smoking ban across UK.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most popular areas where folks enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo parlours. Players have plummeted and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Surely they have not abandoned this established game?
The answer is online. Gamblers realize that they can enjoy bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and cig and still have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course playing on the web can never replace the social part of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the law has left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.