Will the Cigarette Ban in England Force Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Internet?
Posted in Bingo on 04/29/2017 08:25 am by Eileen
Much has been written in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the smoking ban in England. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However can the net adaptation of this traditional game offer a escape, or might it never compare to its real life peer?
Bingo has been an ancient game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently had undergone a recent comeback in appeal with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlours instead of the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the cigarette ban across United Kingdom.
No more will gamblers be permitted to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public area will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favored locations where players enjoy smoking.
The results of the smoking ban can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo halls. Numbers have plummeted and the business is absolutely struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they have not cast aside this classic game?
The answer is online. Players know that they can gamble on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a drink and fag and still enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course playing on the internet will never replace the social part of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the law has left a number of bingo players with little option.