An abundance has been stated in the press not long ago about the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti smoking law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to help keep the businesses afloat. However will the web adaptation of this traditional game provide a escape, or might it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar peer?
Bingo is an age old game generally played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game of late had seen a recent return in popularity with younger people deciding to hit the bingo parlours instead of the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the anti cigarette law around UK.
Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public places will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favored areas where players like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the industry is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Certainly they haven’t cast aside this enduring game?
The answer is online. Players know that they can gamble on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and fag and still enjoy massive cash rewards. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the social part of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.