Can the Smoking Ban in the UK Force Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Web?
An abundance has been reported in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the anti smoking law in England. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big aid to help keep the businesses afloat. But can the internet adaptation of this classic game present a salvation, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?
Bingo has been an familiar game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game of late had seen a recent return in popularity with younger members of society deciding to visit the bingo halls in place of the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the enforcement of the anti smoking law throughout United Kingdom.
No more will players be allowed to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favored places where players enjoy smoking.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo halls. Numbers have dropped and the industry is absolutely struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Of course they have not deserted this established game?
The answer is on the internet. People realise that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and smoke and still enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing on the internet will never replace the social part of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of people the law has left a number of bingo players with little alternative.
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