Much has been talked in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry being hurt because of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to help keep the industry alive. However will the online variation of this traditional game provide a salvation, or might it not compare to its land based equivalent?
Bingo has been an established game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had seen a recent comeback in appeal with younger people opting to visit the bingo parlours instead of the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the introduction of the anti smoking law across Britain.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most popular areas where many people enjoy smoking.
The effects of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the business is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Obviously they haven’t cast aside this age old game?
The answer is online. Players realise that they can gamble on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and smoke and still enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has happened just about perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course gambling on online could never replace the collective portion of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of people the law has left many bingo players with no choice.
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