An abundance has been stated in the papers recently regarding the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. But does the online version of this traditional game present a reprieve, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar peer?
Bingo has been an ancient game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game of late had undergone a recent comeback in appeal with younger people opting to visit the bingo halls in place of the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the anti cigarette law throughout Britain.
No more will gamblers be able to smoke while marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favored locations where players enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlors. Profits have dropped and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Of course they have not forgotten this ancient game?
The answer is on the web. Players realize that they can wager on bingo from their computer while enjoying a drink and cigarette and still enjoy monstrous prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course gambling on on the web can never replace the social part of going down to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the rules have left many bingo players with no alternative.
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