An abundance has been talked in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the anti cigarette law in England. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However does the web variation of this classic game offer a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo has been an age old game generally played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game of late had seen a recent increase in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlours rather than the clubs on a weekend. All this is about to be destroyed with the legislating of the anti cigarette law all over England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored places where people like to smoke.
The outcome of the smoking ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo halls. Players have dropped and the business is absolutely struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Surely they have not forgotten this enduring game?
The answer is on the net. Players realize that they can play bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and fag and in the end, enjoy monstrous jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing online is unlikely to replace the collective portion of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of men and women the law has left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little option.