Could the Smoking Ban in Britain Drive Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Internet?
Posted in Bingo on 02/10/2018 03:26 am by Eileen
Much has been talked in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hit because of the anti smoking law in Britain. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive aid to help keep the industry afloat. But does the net adaptation of this classic game offer a reprieve, or might it in no way compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo has been an established game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game recently had seen a recent increase in acceptance with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the legislating of the anti cigarette law around UK.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public locations will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most common locations where people enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo halls. Players have dropped and the industry is literally fighting for its life. But where have the players gone? Obviously they haven’t given up on this age old game?
The answer is online. Gamblers realize that they can wager on bingo from their computer while enjoying a cocktail and smoke and in the end, have a chance at huge jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course playing on the net is unlikely to replace the communal portion of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with no choice.