Will the Cigarette Ban in the UK Take Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Net?
Posted in Bingo on 01/30/2019 10:25 pm by Eileen
Much has been reported in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling because of the cigarette ban in the UK. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive tax cuts to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However does the web version of this classic game provide a lifeline, or will it not compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo has been an enduring game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had witnessed a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo halls instead of the clubs on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enforcement of the smoking ban all over UK.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public area will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite places where people like to smoke.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plummeted and the business is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Obviously they have not given up on this established game?
The answer is online. Players know that they can bet on bingo using their computer while enjoying a beer and cigarette and in the end, enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course wagering on on the internet is unlikely to replace the communal aspect of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the rules have left a number of bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.