Much has been stated in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a result of the smoking ban in Britain. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive tax breaks to assist in keeping the industry alive. However will the online adaptation of this traditional game offer a salvation, or might it in no way compare to its real life kin?
Bingo has been an age old game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game of late had seen a recent comeback in appeal with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the introduction of the cigarette ban around Britain.
No longer will players be able to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public places will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The effects of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they have not forgotten this age old game?
The answer is on the web. Gamblers realize that they can enjoy bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and fag and in the end, enjoy big cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing on the internet is unlikely to replace the communal part of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of people the rules have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little choice.