A lot has been stated in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti cigarette law in England. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. But can the internet version of this classic game offer a lifeline, or might it not compare to its land based peer?
Bingo has been an age old game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game lately had witnessed a recent return in appeal with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to change with the enacting of the smoking ban across Britain.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes while marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favorite areas where many people enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlors. Profits have dropped and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they haven’t deserted this established game?
The answer is on the net. People realise that they can gamble on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and fag and in the end, have a chance at monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.
Of course playing online is unlikely to replace the communal aspect of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of players the law has left a good many bingo players with no alternative.
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