An abundance has been reported in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry being hit as a result of the anti smoking law in the UK. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. But can the net adaptation of this classic game present a escape, or will it in no way compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo has been an age old game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game lately had undergone a recent increase in popularity with younger people opting to go to the bingo parlors in place of the discos on a Saturday night. This is all about to be reversed with the enacting of the cigarette ban across United Kingdom.
No longer will gamblers be allowed to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo parlours. Players have plummeted and the business is literally struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Of course they have not abandoned this established game?
The answer is on the web. Gamblers realise that they can gamble on bingo from their computer while enjoying a cocktail and fag and in the end, enjoy big jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course wagering on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective portion of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the law has left a lot of bingo players with little alternative.