Could the Anti Cigarette Law in Britain Force Bingo Players On to the Web?

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An abundance has been written in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry struggling as a result of the anti smoking law in England. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But does the web version of this quintessential game present a reprieve, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar kin?

Bingo has been an familiar game generally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game of late had undergone a recent comeback in popularity with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo parlours rather than the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to be reversed with the enacting of the anti cigarette law around United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favored areas where people like to smoke.

The results of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Certainly they haven’t deserted this age old game?

The answer is online. People realise that they can gamble on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cig and still have a chance at big prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course playing on the net can never replace the communal part of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a number of bingo enthusiasts with little option.