Might the Anti Cigarette Law in the UK Force Bingo Players On to the Web?
Posted in Bingo on 05/07/2023 05:25 am by Eileen
Much has been written in the papers not long ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti cigarette law in England. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax cuts to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But can the internet version of this traditional game offer a lifeline, or might it in no way compare to its land based peer?
Bingo is an ancient game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game recently had experienced a recent return in appeal with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo parlours in place of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to change with the legislating of the cigarette ban around United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored locations where people like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Players have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for its life. But where did the players go? Of course they have not forgotten this established game?
The answer is on the web. Players realize that they can participate in bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and cigarette and still have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course gambling on on the net is unlikely to replace the collective part of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with little option.