An abundance has been written in the papers recently concerning the bingo industry being hit because of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive aid to help keep the businesses afloat. However does the online variation of this classic game provide a reprieve, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar peer?
Bingo has been an familiar game historically enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had witnessed a recent increase in popularity with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlours in place of the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the anti smoking law around UK.
Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored areas where players like to smoke.
The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo parlors. Profits have dropped and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Of course they have not given up on this classic game?
The answer is on the net. Players know that they can bet on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, enjoy big prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has happened almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course wagering on on the web could never replace the collective part of going over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a number of bingo players with no alternative.
