Could the Anti Cigarette Law in the United Kingdom Drive Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Web?
Posted in Bingo on 12/11/2025 06:25 pm by Eileen
Much has been reported in the papers not long ago about the bingo industry being hit because of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. However will the web variation of this quintessential game provide a salvation, or will it not compare to its land based relative?
Bingo has been an classic game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game lately had undergone a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlours rather than the bars on a weekend. All this is about to be destroyed with the enforcement of the smoking ban throughout Britain.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public area will not be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite locations where players enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plummeted and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Surely they haven’t abandoned this age old game?
The answer is on the net. Gamblers realize that they can play bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course wagering on online will never replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the rules have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no option.