Might the Smoking Ban in the United Kingdom Take Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Net?
Posted in Bingo on 10/07/2015 11:21 am by Eileen
A lot has been reported in the papers not long ago about the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. However does the online variation of this quintessential game present a salvation, or might it not compare to its land based relative?
Bingo has been an classic game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game lately had experienced a recent return in appeal with younger members of society opting to visit the bingo halls rather than the discos on a Saturday night. This is all about to change with the introduction of the smoking ban all over United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke while dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite areas where folks like to smoke.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the industry is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they haven’t abandoned this age old game?
The answer is on the web. Players are now realizing that they can play bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cigarette and in the end, enjoy massive cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing on the web is unlikely to replace the communal part of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left a number of bingo players with little choice.