A lot has been talked in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry being hurt as a consequence of the smoking ban in the UK. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However will the internet variation of this traditional game offer a escape, or might it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar peer?
Bingo has been an established game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had undergone a recent resurgence in appeal with younger people opting to visit the bingo halls instead of the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to be reversed with the enacting of the anti smoking law all over UK.
No longer will players be able to smoke whilst marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most popular places where people like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plummeted and the business is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they haven’t deserted this age old game?
The answer is on the internet. People are now realizing that they can play bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cigarette and in the end, have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course wagering on on the internet can never replace the social portion of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the rules have left a number of bingo enthusiasts with no option.