A lot has been stated in the press recently about the bingo industry singing the blues because of the cigarette ban in the UK. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge aid to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However will the online variation of this quintessential game present a salvation, or might it never compare to its land based relative?
Bingo has been an ancient game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game of late had experienced a recent comeback in appeal with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo halls in place of the clubs on a Saturday night. This is all about to be reversed with the introduction of the anti cigarette law all over United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke while dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most common locations where folks enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the smoking ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo parlours. Profits have plummeted and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Obviously they have not forgotten this familiar game?
The answer is on the web. Players realize that they can gamble on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, enjoy big cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course wagering on on the net can never replace the collective part of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the rules have left a good many bingo players with no choice.