Much has been talked in the press recently concerning the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the smoking ban in Britain. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge tax cuts to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But does the web adaptation of this classic game provide a escape, or might it in no way compare to its land based equivalent?
Bingo has been an age old game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game lately had experienced a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlours instead of the clubs on a weekend. This is all about to change with the introduction of the smoking ban around United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke while dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public place will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored areas where folks like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plummeted and the business is absolutely fighting for its life. But where did the players go? Of course they haven’t given up on this enduring game?
The answer is on the net. Gamblers realize that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beverage and cig and in the end, enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing online is unlikely to replace the communal part of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of people the rules have left a good many bingo players with no alternative.
