Will the Smoking Ban in the United Kingdom Take Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Web?
Posted in Bingo on 09/11/2023 05:25 pm by Eileen
A lot has been written in the press not long ago about the bingo industry struggling as a result of the anti smoking law in Britain. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge tax cuts to help keep the industry alive. However does the web variation of this classic game offer a lifeline, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar opposite?
Bingo is an familiar game generally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game recently had experienced a recent return in appeal with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlours in place of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to be reversed with the introduction of the anti cigarette law throughout United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favored locations where people like to smoke.
The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo halls. Numbers have plunged and the business is literally fighting for its life. But where did the players go? Of course they have not given up on this age old game?
The answer is on the net. Gamblers realize that they can gamble on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the internet could never replace the communal aspect of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with no choice.