An abundance has been reported in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the anti smoking law in England. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge aid to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. However will the web variation of this classic game present a reprieve, or might it never compare to its real life kin?
Bingo is an age old game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had seen a recent comeback in popularity with younger people deciding to hit the bingo halls instead of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the introduction of the smoking ban across England and Wales.
Players will no longer be able to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public area will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favorite places where players like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo parlors. Players have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Of course they haven’t deserted this established game?
The answer is on the internet. Gamblers realise that they can wager on bingo from their computer while enjoying a drink and cigarette and still enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the web will never replace the collective part of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the law has left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little choice.