A lot has been reported in the papers recently regarding the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. However will the net adaptation of this quintessential game present a escape, or will it never compare to its real life peer?
Bingo has been an familiar game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had undergone a recent resurgence in popularity with younger members of society opting to go to the bingo halls in place of the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the legislating of the anti smoking law all over UK.
No more will enthusiasts be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite places where players enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they have not abandoned this established game?
The answer is on the net. People realise that they can enjoy bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, have a chance at big jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course gambling on on the net is unlikely to replace the collective portion of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a group of players the law has left many bingo players with no alternative.
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