A lot has been talked in the papers recently concerning the bingo industry being hit as a result of the cigarette ban in England. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax breaks to assist in keeping the industry afloat. But can the net version of this classic game offer a reprieve, or will it not compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo has been an classic game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game recently had seen a recent increase in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo halls instead of the discos on a weekend. All this is about to change with the introduction of the anti smoking law all over Britain.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favorite areas where players enjoy smoking.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plummeted and the business is absolutely struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Surely they have not deserted this classic game?
The answer is on the web. People realize that they can play bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and cig and still have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course betting on on the web is unlikely to replace the communal part of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a lot of bingo players with no option.
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