An abundance has been reported in the press not long ago about the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge tax cuts to help keep the businesses alive. But does the web adaptation of this quintessential game provide a reprieve, or might it never compare to its real life peer?
Bingo has been an ancient game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game of late had witnessed a recent comeback in appeal with younger members of society opting to hit the bingo halls in place of the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the enacting of the smoking ban across England and Wales.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most common places where people enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plunged and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Of course they haven’t deserted this ancient game?
The answer is on the net. Players are now realizing that they can bet on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a drink and smoke and in the end, enjoy massive cash rewards. This is a recent development and has happened just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course gambling on on the net will never replace the collective portion of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the law has left many bingo players with no option.
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