An abundance has been written in the papers not long ago about the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. However will the online adaptation of this quintessential game provide a lifeline, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar relative?
Bingo is an classic game historically enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game of late had witnessed a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo halls in place of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to change with the enacting of the anti smoking law throughout England and Wales.
No longer will players be permitted to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public area will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favored locations where folks like to smoke.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlors. Numbers have dropped and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they haven’t forgotten this familiar game?
The answer is on the web. People know that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beverage and cigarette and in the end, enjoy massive cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course wagering on on the web is unlikely to replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the law has left many bingo players with little alternative.
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