Can the Smoking Ban in Britain Force Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Web?
An abundance has been talked in the press not long ago regarding the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. But does the online variation of this traditional game offer a reprieve, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?
Bingo has been an classic game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had undergone a recent return in appeal with younger people deciding to go to the bingo parlours in place of the bars on a weekend. All this is about to be reversed with the enforcement of the anti smoking law around United Kingdom.
No more will players be able to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored areas where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The effects of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Profits have plummeted and the industry is literally fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they haven’t forgotten this ancient game?
The answer is on the web. People are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo using their computer while enjoying a beer and cig and in the end, enjoy massive cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the web can never replace the social aspect of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of people the rules have left a number of bingo players with little alternative.
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