12
January
Written by Gordon.
Posted in: Bingo
A lot has been reported in the papers recently about the bingo industry struggling as a result of the anti smoking law in England. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the web version of this quintessential game provide a reprieve, or might it never compare to its real life relative?
Bingo has been an classic game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game of late had undergone a recent return in appeal with younger people deciding to hit the bingo parlors rather than the clubs on a weekend. All this is about to be reversed with the enforcement of the smoking ban throughout UK.
Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular places where folks enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo halls. Players have dropped and the business is absolutely fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Surely they have not forgotten this ancient game?
The answer is online. Gamblers are now realizing that they can wager on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and smoke and still have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course playing online could never replace the social portion of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with little option.
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