Could the Anti Cigarette Law in the UK Drive Bingo Players On to the Net?
Much has been talked in the papers not long ago concerning the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However will the online adaptation of this classic game offer a reprieve, or will it never compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo has been an ancient game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game lately had witnessed a recent increase in popularity with younger people deciding to go to the bingo parlours instead of the discos on a Friday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the introduction of the anti smoking law around UK.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public place will not be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favorite locations where folks enjoy smoking.
The results of the smoking ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the business is literally struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Surely they haven’t forgotten this enduring game?
The answer is on the internet. People are now realizing that they can participate in bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beer and smoke and in the end, enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing on the net is unlikely to replace the social portion of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with little choice.
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