Could the Cigarette Ban in Britain Take Bingo Players Online?
Posted in Bingo on 03/22/2016 11:21 pm by Eileen
An abundance has been written in the press not long ago concerning the bingo industry being hit as a result of the anti smoking law in the UK. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But will the net version of this traditional game offer a reprieve, or will it not compare to its real life relative?
Bingo is an ancient game generally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game of late had undergone a recent comeback in appeal with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo halls rather than the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enforcement of the anti smoking law all over England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favored areas where folks enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Of course they haven’t forgotten this age old game?
The answer is on the web. Gamblers realise that they can enjoy bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and cig and in the end, have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the social aspect of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the rules have left a number of bingo enthusiasts with little option.