An abundance has been written in the press not long ago about the bingo industry struggling as a result of the anti smoking law in England. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge tax cuts to help keep the industry alive. However does the internet variation of this classic game present a reprieve, or might it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar peer?
Bingo has been an age old game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game of late had seen a recent resurgence in popularity with younger people opting to visit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the introduction of the cigarette ban throughout England and Wales.
No more will players be allowed to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored places where players enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they have not given up on this enduring game?
The answer is online. People know that they can wager on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and fag and still enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing on the web could never replace the communal part of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left many bingo players with no alternative.
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