Much has been talked in the papers not long ago about the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti smoking law in England. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the web version of this quintessential game offer a salvation, or might it never compare to its real life relative?
Bingo has been an familiar game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game of late had undergone a recent resurgence in appeal with younger people deciding to hit the bingo parlours in place of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the legislating of the anti cigarette law all over Britain.
No more will gamblers be permitted to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public area will not be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favorite areas where many people like to smoke.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Numbers have dropped and the business is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Obviously they have not forgotten this established game?
The answer is on the net. Players are now realizing that they can play bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and fag and in the end, enjoy massive cash rewards. This is a recent development and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course playing on the web will never replace the social part of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with no alternative.
