Much has been reported in the papers not long ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a result of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But does the online variation of this classic game offer a escape, or will it never compare to its land based peer?
Bingo is an classic game historically played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had undergone a recent comeback in popularity with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to be reversed with the introduction of the anti smoking law all over UK.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke while marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 every public place will not be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most common locations where people enjoy smoking.
The effects of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the business is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they haven’t abandoned this ancient game?
The answer is on the web. People realize that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and smoke and in the end, enjoy big jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course betting on on the internet will never replace the collective part of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the rules have left a good many bingo players with no alternative.