Much has been talked in the papers recently about the bingo industry singing the blues because of the smoking ban in Britain. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the web variation of this classic game provide a escape, or might it in no way compare to its real life equivalent?
Bingo has been an familiar game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. However the game recently had undergone a recent return in acceptance with younger members of society opting to visit the bingo parlors in place of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enforcement of the anti smoking law all over United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public place will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored areas where folks enjoy smoking.
The results of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo parlors. Numbers have dropped and the industry is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they have not deserted this age old game?
The answer is online. People are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beer and cig and in the end, enjoy massive jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course betting on on the net can never replace the social aspect of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.