Can the Anti Cigarette Law in England Drive Bingo Enthusiasts Online?
Posted in Bingo on 02/01/2020 06:25 pm by Eileen
A lot has been stated in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hit as a result of the smoking ban in the UK. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the internet variation of this quintessential game present a reprieve, or might it never compare to its land based opposite?
Bingo is an classic game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game recently had undergone a recent comeback in popularity with younger members of society opting to go to the bingo parlors rather than the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the enforcement of the anti smoking law throughout United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes whilst marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public area will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most common locations where players like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo parlours. Players have plunged and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Surely they haven’t cast aside this enduring game?
The answer is on the net. People are now realizing that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and cig and still enjoy massive prizes. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course playing on the net will never replace the communal aspect of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of players the law has left a number of bingo players with no option.