Will the Anti Smoking Law in England Force Bingo Players Online?
Posted in Bingo on 10/14/2025 05:25 am by Eileen
Much has been written in the press not long ago concerning the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the web variation of this quintessential game provide a lifeline, or will it not compare to its land based peer?
Bingo has been an age old game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game of late had experienced a recent return in appeal with younger members of society deciding to visit the bingo parlours instead of the discos on a weekend. This is all about to change with the enforcement of the smoking ban around Britain.
Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public areas will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favorite places where people like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they haven’t cast aside this established game?
The answer is on the internet. Players are now realizing that they can play bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and cigarette and still have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course wagering on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective portion of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of players the law has left a number of bingo players with no choice.