An abundance has been stated in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hit because of the cigarette ban in England. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to assist in keeping the industry alive. However can the web variation of this traditional game provide a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its real life kin?
Bingo has been an ancient game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had witnessed a recent return in popularity with younger people deciding to hit the bingo parlors rather than the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to be reversed with the introduction of the smoking ban all over UK.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most common places where folks like to smoke.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo parlors. Numbers have dropped and the business is absolutely fighting for its life. But where did all the players go? Certainly they haven’t given up on this familiar game?
The answer is on the web. Players are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and cig and still have a chance at massive jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course betting on on the net will never replace the communal part of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with no choice.