Will the Anti Smoking Law in the United Kingdom Drive Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Internet?
An abundance has been written in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling as a result of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. However can the web variation of this traditional game offer a lifeline, or might it never compare to its land based relative?
Bingo has been an classic game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game recently had experienced a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlors rather than the clubs on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the legislating of the anti smoking law all over England and Wales.
Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes while marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public locations will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favorite locations where players enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo halls. Profits have plunged and the industry is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Surely they have not abandoned this age old game?
The answer is on the net. Gamblers realize that they can participate in bingo using their computer while enjoying a cocktail and fag and in the end, enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing on the net will never replace the social portion of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the rules have left many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.
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