A lot has been reported in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hit because of the smoking ban in the UK. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. However can the web version of this traditional game present a salvation, or might it in no way compare to its real life kin?
Bingo has been an familiar game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game recently had witnessed a recent comeback in acceptance with younger people opting to hit the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the introduction of the anti cigarette law around UK.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public places will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most common places where folks like to smoke.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo parlors. Players have plunged and the industry is literally struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Certainly they haven’t cast aside this enduring game?
The answer is on the net. Players know that they can bet on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and cig and in the end, have a chance at monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent development and has happened almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing on the net is unlikely to replace the collective part of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a number of bingo enthusiasts with no choice.
