Could the Anti Smoking Law in Britain Take Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Net?

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An abundance has been written in the press recently concerning the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti smoking law in England. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. But does the web variation of this classic game offer a reprieve, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar kin?

Bingo has been an familiar game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had witnessed a recent return in popularity with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlors in place of the clubs on a weekend. All this is about to be reversed with the introduction of the anti smoking law throughout UK.

Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public location will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most popular locations where many people enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plummeted and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Of course they haven’t deserted this enduring game?

The answer is online. Gamblers realize that they can bet on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and cig and in the end, enjoy monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.

Of course gambling on on the net is unlikely to replace the collective portion of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the rules have left a lot of bingo players with little alternative.