Much has been reported in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling because of the anti smoking law in Britain. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge aid to assist in keeping the industry alive. However does the net adaptation of this quintessential game present a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo has been an age old game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had undergone a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger people opting to visit the bingo parlours in place of the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the introduction of the anti smoking law across Britain.
Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public locations will not be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favorite areas where players enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti cigarette law can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo halls. Numbers have plummeted and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Certainly they have not given up on this age old game?
The answer is on the net. Players are now realizing that they can play bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cig and still have a chance at massive prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course wagering on online is unlikely to replace the collective part of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little option.