An abundance has been stated in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive tax breaks to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However does the online version of this classic game present a escape, or will it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar relative?
Bingo has been an classic game historically enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. However the game lately had seen a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger members of society opting to go to the bingo parlors in place of the clubs on a Saturday night. This is all about to change with the enforcement of the anti smoking law across UK.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored locations where players like to smoke.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Of course they have not deserted this age old game?
The answer is on the internet. People realise that they can participate in bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and fag and in the end, have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course playing on the net could never replace the communal portion of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of players the law has left a lot of bingo players with no alternative.