An abundance has been stated in the press recently concerning the bingo industry being hit because of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive tax cuts to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However will the online version of this quintessential game present a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its land based opposite?
Bingo has been an age old game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had undergone a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo halls in place of the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the smoking ban all over United Kingdom.
No more will players be allowed to puff on cigarettes whilst marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public locations will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favored areas where players like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo parlours. Numbers have dropped and the industry is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Surely they haven’t abandoned this established game?
The answer is online. People know that they can gamble on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and smoke and still enjoy monstrous prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.
Of course gambling on on the net is unlikely to replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the rules have left a number of bingo enthusiasts with little option.
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