Much has been written in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry struggling because of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge tax breaks to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However does the online adaptation of this traditional game offer a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar opposite?
Bingo has been an established game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game recently had experienced a recent return in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlors instead of the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the legislating of the smoking ban around England and Wales.
No longer will gamblers be allowed to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public place will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most popular places where folks enjoy smoking.
The results of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo halls. Profits have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Of course they haven’t deserted this age old game?
The answer is on the web. People realise that they can play bingo using their computer while enjoying a beverage and smoke and in the end, enjoy big cash rewards. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course wagering on on the web could never replace the social aspect of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left a number of bingo enthusiasts with no choice.