A lot has been stated in the papers not long ago about the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the anti cigarette law in England. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge tax cuts to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However can the online version of this traditional game offer a escape, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?
Bingo is an familiar game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently had seen a recent increase in acceptance with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a weekend. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the anti smoking law around UK.
No more will enthusiasts be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most common locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo halls. Players have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Obviously they have not deserted this classic game?
The answer is on the internet. People realize that they can enjoy bingo from their computer while enjoying a cocktail and fag and still have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course wagering on on the web is unlikely to replace the collective part of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little option.
