Much has been talked in the press not long ago regarding the bingo industry being hit as a result of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big tax breaks to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. But can the web adaptation of this traditional game present a reprieve, or will it never compare to its land based peer?
Bingo has been an ancient game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game recently had seen a recent return in appeal with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlors instead of the clubs on a Saturday night. This is all about to be reversed with the introduction of the anti smoking law around UK.
Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most popular areas where many people like to smoke.
The results of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Profits have plunged and the business is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Surely they have not cast aside this established game?
The answer is online. Gamblers realize that they can enjoy bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course gambling on online is unlikely to replace the social part of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little option.
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