An abundance has been stated in the press recently about the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big tax cuts to help keep the industry alive. But does the online version of this quintessential game present a escape, or might it not compare to its land based opposite?
Bingo is an age old game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game of late had experienced a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a Saturday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the enacting of the anti smoking law around England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public locations will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most common locations where folks like to smoke.
The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Profits have dropped and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Obviously they have not given up on this established game?
The answer is on the web. Players are now realizing that they can enjoy bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and cig and in the end, have a chance at monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.
Of course gambling on on the internet is unlikely to replace the communal part of going down to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the law has left a number of bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.