A lot has been talked in the papers recently about the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti smoking law in Britain. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge aid to assist in keeping the industry alive. However can the internet version of this classic game present a lifeline, or might it not compare to its real life relative?
Bingo is an established game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game of late had undergone a recent return in acceptance with younger people deciding to go to the bingo halls in place of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to be reversed with the introduction of the anti smoking law across UK.
No more will players be allowed to smoke while marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 every public area will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored locations where folks like to puff on cigarettes.
The effects of the anti smoking law can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the industry is literally fighting for its life. But where have the players gone? Of course they haven’t cast aside this established game?
The answer is on the web. Gamblers realize that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beverage and cig and in the end, have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course playing on the web will never replace the social part of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of men and women the rules have left a good many bingo players with no alternative.
