An abundance has been written in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling as a result of the cigarette ban in England. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to help keep the industry afloat. However can the web adaptation of this quintessential game offer a reprieve, or might it not compare to its land based opposite?
Bingo has been an age old game historically enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game of late had experienced a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger people opting to go to the bingo halls in place of the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the smoking ban across Britain.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes while marking numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most common areas where players like to smoke.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlours. Profits have plunged and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Of course they haven’t given up on this classic game?
The answer is on the web. Gamblers are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and cigarette and in the end, enjoy big jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course wagering on on the web could never replace the communal part of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of players the law has left a number of bingo players with no choice.
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