Much has been written in the press not long ago about the bingo industry being hit because of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the internet version of this quintessential game offer a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo has been an established game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game lately had seen a recent return in appeal with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the anti cigarette law all over United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes while marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public places will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favorite places where players like to smoke.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo parlours. Players have plummeted and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they have not abandoned this enduring game?
The answer is on the internet. Players realize that they can play bingo using their computer while enjoying a beverage and smoke and still have a chance at massive cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on online can never replace the collective part of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left many bingo players with little alternative.