An abundance has been talked in the papers recently about the bingo industry struggling as a result of the smoking ban in the UK. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However can the net version of this classic game provide a reprieve, or might it in no way compare to its land based kin?
Bingo has been an enduring game generally played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had seen a recent resurgence in popularity with younger members of society opting to go to the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a Saturday night. This is all about to change with the enforcement of the anti smoking law all over United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes while marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public place will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored locations where many people enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Obviously they haven’t cast aside this enduring game?
The answer is on the web. Gamblers realise that they can gamble on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beer and cig and in the end, enjoy monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course wagering on online could never replace the communal portion of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the law has left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.