An abundance has been written in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the anti smoking law in England. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big tax breaks to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But will the net version of this traditional game offer a salvation, or might it in no way compare to its real life relative?
Bingo has been an familiar game historically played by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game recently had witnessed a recent increase in appeal with younger people deciding to go to the bingo parlors instead of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enforcement of the anti smoking law throughout England and Wales.
No longer will enthusiasts be allowed to smoke whilst marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most common places where people like to smoke.
The effects of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the industry is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they haven’t cast aside this established game?
The answer is on the web. People realise that they can wager on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cigarette and still have a chance at huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the web will never replace the communal aspect of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left a number of bingo players with no alternative.
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