Much has been talked in the papers not long ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the web variation of this classic game present a reprieve, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar peer?
Bingo is an classic game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game of late had undergone a recent comeback in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo parlors instead of the clubs on a weekend. This is all about to be reversed with the legislating of the smoking ban throughout England and Wales.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public area will not be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favorite locations where people like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlours. Profits have plummeted and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Obviously they haven’t given up on this classic game?
The answer is online. Players know that they can participate in bingo from their computer while enjoying a drink and smoke and still enjoy big prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing on the net could never replace the social portion of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little option.
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