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

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A lot has been talked in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the web version of this classic game offer a escape, or will it never compare to its real life equivalent?

Bingo is an ancient game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game of late had undergone a recent return in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo halls instead of the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the enforcement of the anti smoking law all over United Kingdom.

No more will players be allowed to smoke whilst marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public location will not be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favorite places where people like to puff on cigarettes.

The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo halls. Players have dropped and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Certainly they have not cast aside this established game?

The answer is on the net. People realise that they can wager on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, enjoy monstrous prizes. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.

Of course playing on the internet is unlikely to replace the social aspect of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the rules have left many bingo players with little choice.