Much has been written in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the web variation of this traditional game offer a escape, or might it in no way compare to its land based opposite?
Bingo is an ancient game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game recently had undergone a recent increase in acceptance with younger people deciding to go to the bingo halls instead of the discos on a weekend. This is all about to be reversed with the enforcement of the smoking ban across United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most common places where people enjoy smoking.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlours. Players have plummeted and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Surely they have not forgotten this familiar game?
The answer is on the web. Gamblers realize that they can bet on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and smoke and still have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.
Of course gambling on on the net is unlikely to replace the social portion of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little option.