A lot has been written in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the online variation of this classic game provide a lifeline, or will it in no way compare to its real life equivalent?
Bingo has been an classic game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. However the game recently had undergone a recent resurgence in popularity with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo halls rather than the clubs on a Friday night. All this is about to change with the legislating of the cigarette ban all over United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public areas will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favored locations where people enjoy smoking.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed 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? Of course they have not forgotten this familiar game?
The answer is on the net. Players know that they can play bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and cig and still have a chance at monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course betting on on the net is unlikely to replace the communal portion of going over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little option.