Will the Anti Cigarette Law in England Take Bingo Players On to the Net?
Posted in Bingo on 12/06/2024 06:25 am by Eileen
Much has been written in the press recently concerning the bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However will the online variation of this quintessential game provide a salvation, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?
Bingo has been an familiar game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game recently had witnessed a recent resurgence in appeal with younger people opting to visit the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a weekend. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the anti smoking law across UK.
No longer will gamblers be allowed to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public places will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most popular locations where folks like to puff on cigarettes.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plunged and the business is literally struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Surely they haven’t cast aside this enduring game?
The answer is on the net. Players know that they can bet on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and fag and in the end, enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing on the web is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.