A lot has been reported in the press not long ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues because of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However can the online variation of this traditional game provide a salvation, or might it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar relative?
Bingo has been an established game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game lately had seen a recent comeback in popularity with younger people opting to hit the bingo parlours instead of the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the enforcement of the smoking ban throughout England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes while marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public places will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored areas where players enjoy smoking.
The effects of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo halls. Profits have dropped and the business is absolutely fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Of course they haven’t given up on this classic game?
The answer is on the internet. People realise that they can enjoy bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and fag and still have a chance at big jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the law has left a number of bingo enthusiasts with little choice.
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