Can the Cigarette Ban in the United Kingdom Drive Bingo Players On to the Web?
Posted in Bingo on 01/01/2022 12:25 pm by Eileen
A lot has been stated in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the cigarette ban in the UK. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However can the web variation of this classic game provide a reprieve, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo has been an established game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game of late had seen a recent return in popularity with younger people deciding to go to the bingo halls instead of the clubs on a weekend. This is all about to be reversed with the enforcement of the anti cigarette law all over Britain.
No more will players be permitted to smoke whilst marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most common locations where many people enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlors. Profits have plunged and the business is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Of course they haven’t deserted this ancient game?
The answer is online. People realize that they can wager on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and fag and still enjoy monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the web could never replace the communal part of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a good many bingo players with little choice.