Could the Smoking Ban in the UK Drive Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Internet?
Posted in Bingo on 10/10/2017 08:25 am by Eileen
Much has been talked in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the smoking ban in the UK. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive tax breaks to help keep the businesses alive. However can the web variation of this classic game present a escape, or might it not compare to its land based peer?
Bingo has been an enduring game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had experienced a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo parlours instead of the discos on a Friday night. This is all about to change with the enacting of the smoking ban all over UK.
Players will no longer be able to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored places where people like to smoke.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the industry is absolutely fighting for its life. But where did the players go? Obviously they have not given up on this ancient game?
The answer is on the web. Players realize that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beer and smoke and still enjoy big jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing online could never replace the collective part of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the law has left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little option.