A lot has been reported in the press recently regarding the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the smoking ban in Britain. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. But will the web variation of this quintessential game offer a lifeline, or might it never compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo is an established game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game recently had seen a recent increase in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo halls instead of the clubs on a weekend. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the cigarette ban throughout United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public place will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favored places where many people enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlors. Players have plunged and the industry is absolutely fighting for its life. But where did the players go? Certainly they haven’t deserted this established game?
The answer is online. Gamblers realize that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and smoke and still have a chance at huge cash rewards. This is a recent development and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing on the net could never replace the communal portion of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the rules have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.
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