Much has been talked in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the internet version of this quintessential game present a escape, or might it never compare to its real life peer?
Bingo is an classic game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had undergone a recent increase in acceptance with younger people deciding to visit the bingo parlors rather than the discos on a Saturday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the enacting of the anti cigarette law across United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public locations will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favored areas where folks enjoy smoking.
The effects of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo halls. Players have plummeted and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Of course they haven’t given up on this classic game?
The answer is on the net. Gamblers realise that they can wager on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and fag and in the end, enjoy monstrous jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course wagering on on the internet is unlikely to replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo hall, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with no option.
