A lot has been talked in the press recently about the bingo industry being hit as a result of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But will the web variation of this classic game present a reprieve, or will it not compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo is an established game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game recently had witnessed a recent return in acceptance with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlours in place of the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the enacting of the anti smoking law across UK.
No more will enthusiasts be permitted to smoke whilst marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favorite areas where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Players have plunged and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Certainly they haven’t given up on this classic game?
The answer is on the internet. Players realise that they can participate in bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cigarette and in the end, enjoy big prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course gambling on on the internet could never replace the communal part of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a number of bingo players with little choice.