Might the Anti Smoking Law in Britain Drive Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Net?
Posted in Bingo on 02/28/2018 05:25 am by Eileen
An abundance has been written in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive tax cuts to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However does the net variation of this classic game present a lifeline, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar opposite?
Bingo has been an age old game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently had experienced a recent comeback in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo parlours in place of the bars on a weekend. All this is about to be destroyed with the introduction of the smoking ban around United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public area will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite locations where people like to smoke.
The effects of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo parlors. Players have plunged and the industry is literally struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Certainly they haven’t given up on this ancient game?
The answer is online. People are now realizing that they can wager on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cig and still have a chance at massive jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course betting on on the internet could never replace the social aspect of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little choice.