Bingo

Read more about the
Las Vegas 2024 Super
Bowl Streaker!

An abundance has been reported in the papers recently about the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive tax breaks to help keep the businesses afloat. But will the web adaptation of this traditional game offer a escape, or will it not compare to its land based relative?

Bingo has been an ancient game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game recently had undergone a recent comeback in appeal with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo halls in place of the bars on a weekend. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the anti smoking law throughout England and Wales.

Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favorite locations where players enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo halls. Profits have plummeted and the industry is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Surely they haven’t abandoned this familiar game?

The answer is on the web. Players are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beer and fag and still enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.

Of course betting on on the internet is unlikely to replace the social aspect of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with little alternative.