03
June
Written by Gordon.
Posted in: Bingo
A lot has been reported in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling because of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge aid to help keep the businesses afloat. However will the net version of this quintessential game present a escape, or will it never compare to its land based peer?
Bingo is an established game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had witnessed a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlors in place of the clubs on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enforcement of the cigarette ban around England and Wales.
Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most popular areas where folks like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the industry is literally fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Surely they have not abandoned this established game?
The answer is on the web. Players are now realizing that they can enjoy bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, have a chance at massive prizes. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course betting on online is unlikely to replace the communal portion of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no option.
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