An abundance has been talked in the papers not long ago regarding the bingo industry being hit as a result of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive tax breaks to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the net adaptation of this classic game provide a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its land based kin?
Bingo is an enduring game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently had experienced a recent return in appeal with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the smoking ban around UK.
Players will no longer be able to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public areas will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most popular areas where players enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo halls. Profits have plunged and the business is absolutely struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Certainly they have not given up on this age old game?
The answer is on the web. Players realize that they can participate in bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cig and in the end, enjoy big cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course betting on on the web is unlikely to replace the collective portion of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the law has left many bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.