Can the Anti Smoking Law in the United Kingdom Take Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Net?
Monday, 2. April 2018
A lot has been reported in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hurt as a consequence of the cigarette ban in England. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive tax cuts to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the internet variation of this quintessential game offer a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its real life kin?
Bingo has been an classic game historically played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game of late had experienced a recent increase in acceptance with younger people opting to hit the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to change with the enforcement of the smoking ban around United Kingdom.
No more will players be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most popular locations where folks like to smoke.
The results of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plunged and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Of course they have not abandoned this classic game?
The answer is online. Gamblers realize that they can play bingo using their computer while enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, have a chance at big jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course wagering on on the web is unlikely to replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with little option.
Posted in Bingo by Taryn