Will the Smoking Ban in the UK Drive Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Web?
Posted in Bingo on 11/09/2023 10:25 pm by Eileen
A lot has been talked in the press recently regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti smoking law in England. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But will the internet variation of this classic game provide a reprieve, or might it never compare to its land based equivalent?
Bingo has been an age old game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game of late had seen a recent return in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo halls rather than the discos on a Saturday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the legislating of the anti smoking law around UK.
No more will enthusiasts be allowed to puff on cigarettes while marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public areas will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored areas where people like to smoke.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Players have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Obviously they have not abandoned this classic game?
The answer is online. Players realize that they can enjoy bingo from their computer while enjoying a beverage and fag and in the end, enjoy monstrous jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the internet is unlikely to replace the communal portion of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the rules have left a number of bingo players with no option.