An abundance has been stated in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hurt as a consequence of the smoking ban in Britain. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to help keep the industry alive. However will the web adaptation of this traditional game provide a lifeline, or might it not compare to its land based opposite?
Bingo has been an ancient game historically played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had experienced a recent increase in popularity with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the smoking ban all over Britain.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most common locations where many people like to smoke.
The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo halls. Numbers have plunged and the business is literally fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they haven’t cast aside this familiar game?
The answer is on the net. Players realize that they can wager on bingo using their computer while enjoying a beverage and cig and in the end, have a chance at huge prizes. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.
Of course gambling on on the net will never replace the communal portion of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with little option.