An abundance has been stated in the papers recently concerning the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the smoking ban in England. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. But does the web version of this quintessential game provide a salvation, or will it not compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo is an established game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game of late had witnessed a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlors in place of the clubs on a weekend. This is all about to be destroyed with the legislating of the smoking ban throughout England and Wales.
Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public area will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular locations where folks enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plunged and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Of course they have not forgotten this established game?
The answer is online. Players know that they can participate in bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and fag and still have a chance at huge jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has happened almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of people the law has left a lot of bingo players with no choice.