An abundance has been stated in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the online variation of this quintessential game provide a escape, or might it not compare to its real life peer?
Bingo is an enduring game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently had witnessed a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlours instead of the bars on a weekend. This is all about to change with the enforcement of the anti cigarette law across England and Wales.
Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public area will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favorite places where folks like to smoke.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo halls. Numbers have plunged and the industry is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Of course they have not given up on this age old game?
The answer is online. Players are now realizing that they can bet on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beer and cig and still have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing on the web is unlikely to replace the social aspect of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a good many bingo players with little option.