A lot has been stated in the press recently regarding the bingo industry struggling because of the smoking ban in Britain. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to assist in keeping the industry alive. However can the online variation of this classic game present a escape, or might it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?
Bingo has been an familiar game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had undergone a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger people opting to visit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the anti cigarette law all over UK.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke at the same time dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite places where folks like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plunged and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Obviously they haven’t deserted this classic game?
The answer is on the internet. People know that they can bet on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and cigarette and in the end, enjoy big cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course gambling on on the net could never replace the communal aspect of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left many bingo players with no option.