Much has been written in the press not long ago about the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the cigarette ban in the UK. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge tax breaks to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the net adaptation of this quintessential game present a escape, or might it in no way compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo is an age old game historically enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game lately had witnessed a recent return in appeal with younger people deciding to visit the bingo parlours instead of the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the enforcement of the cigarette ban all over UK.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public location will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favorite locations where many people like to smoke.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Profits have dropped and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Certainly they haven’t cast aside this age old game?
The answer is online. Players realize that they can wager on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the net could never replace the collective part of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the rules have left a number of bingo players with no option.
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