A lot has been reported in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hurt because of the smoking ban in the UK. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge aid to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However will the web version of this quintessential game offer a salvation, or might it never compare to its real life equivalent?
Bingo is an established game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had witnessed a recent increase in appeal with younger members of society opting to hit the bingo parlors in place of the discos on a Friday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the enforcement of the smoking ban throughout Britain.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most popular places where folks enjoy smoking.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plummeted and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Certainly they have not deserted this ancient game?
The answer is online. People know that they can enjoy bingo from their computer while enjoying a beer and fag and still enjoy big cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the internet could never replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the law has left many bingo enthusiasts with little option.
