A lot has been talked in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling because of the smoking ban in the UK. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge aid to help keep the industry alive. However will the internet variation of this traditional game offer a escape, or might it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?
Bingo has been an familiar game historically played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game of late had experienced a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo halls in place of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the enacting of the anti cigarette law throughout United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke whilst marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public area will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most popular places where folks enjoy smoking.
The effects of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plunged and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Of course they haven’t cast aside this enduring game?
The answer is on the web. Gamblers know that they can wager on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and smoke and still have a chance at huge jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course playing on the web is unlikely to replace the social portion of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the rules have left many bingo enthusiasts with little option.