Could the Anti Cigarette Law in the United Kingdom Force Bingo Players Online?
Posted in Bingo on 01/23/2017 11:25 pm by Eileen
Much has been written in the papers recently regarding the bingo industry being hurt because of the cigarette ban in England. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. However will the internet adaptation of this quintessential game present a reprieve, or will it never compare to its land based opposite?
Bingo is an enduring game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game lately had experienced a recent comeback in acceptance with younger members of society opting to go to the bingo parlours instead of the clubs on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the smoking ban all over England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most common locations where players enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo halls. Players have dropped and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Surely they haven’t cast aside this familiar game?
The answer is on the net. Players are now realizing that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, enjoy massive jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing on the web is unlikely to replace the collective portion of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a lot of bingo players with little choice.