An abundance has been stated in the press not long ago about the bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti smoking law in England. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to help keep the businesses alive. However does the online adaptation of this classic game offer a escape, or will it not compare to its land based equivalent?
Bingo has been an age old game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game of late had experienced a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo halls rather than the clubs on a weekend. All this is about to be reversed with the introduction of the anti cigarette law throughout United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favorite locations where people like to smoke.
The results of the smoking ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plummeted and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they have not forgotten this enduring game?
The answer is online. Gamblers are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cig and in the end, enjoy monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course playing on the internet will never replace the communal part of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left many bingo players with little choice.