Much has been written in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a result of the anti smoking law in Britain. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the online version of this traditional game offer a salvation, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar peer?
Bingo is an ancient game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had undergone a recent resurgence in popularity with younger people deciding to hit the bingo parlours in place of the clubs on a Friday night. All this is about to change with the enforcement of the anti smoking law throughout Britain.
Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public area will not be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most common locations where players like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo parlors. Players have dropped and the business is literally fighting for its life. But where have the players gone? Certainly they have not deserted this established game?
The answer is on the internet. Players realize that they can gamble on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and cig and still enjoy big cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on on the web can never replace the social portion of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the rules have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no choice.
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