Much has been reported in the papers recently about the bingo industry being hit because of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the web adaptation of this quintessential game provide a escape, or might it in no way compare to its land based relative?
Bingo is an established game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game lately had undergone a recent comeback in appeal with younger people deciding to go to the bingo parlors instead of the clubs on a Saturday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the enforcement of the anti cigarette law around UK.
Players will no longer be able to smoke while marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most popular areas where people enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plunged and the business is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they have not cast aside this familiar game?
The answer is online. Players are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and cigarette and in the end, enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on on the web will never replace the communal portion of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left a number of bingo players with little alternative.