Will the Smoking Ban in the UK Take Bingo Players On to the Web?

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An abundance has been written in the press recently concerning the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the cigarette ban in Britain. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the net version of this classic game provide a escape, or might it in no way compare to its land based relative?

Bingo is an established game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. However the game of late had undergone a recent increase in appeal with younger people deciding to go to the bingo parlours in place of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the anti smoking law all over United Kingdom.

No more will enthusiasts be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most popular locations where players like to smoke.

The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo halls. Profits have dropped and the industry is absolutely struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Obviously they haven’t abandoned this age old game?

The answer is on the internet. Players realise that they can participate in bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and fag and in the end, have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course wagering on on the web is unlikely to replace the collective part of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a number of bingo enthusiasts with little choice.