A lot has been reported in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling because of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the internet adaptation of this traditional game provide a reprieve, or will it not compare to its real life peer?
Bingo is an enduring game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game of late had witnessed a recent comeback in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo parlours instead of the discos on a weekend. This is all about to be reversed with the enacting of the smoking ban across Britain.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public places will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most popular areas where folks like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo halls. Profits have plunged and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Of course they haven’t forgotten this enduring game?
The answer is on the net. Gamblers realize that they can wager on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing on the internet can never replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with no choice.
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