Can the Cigarette Ban in England Drive Bingo Players On to the Internet?
Monday, 12. August 2019
An abundance has been written in the papers not long ago concerning the bingo industry being hit because of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses alive. But can the online variation of this traditional game present a lifeline, or might it in no way compare to its real life equivalent?
Bingo is an familiar game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game recently had undergone a recent increase in popularity with younger people deciding to hit the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a weekend. All this is about to be reversed with the introduction of the anti cigarette law throughout United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes while marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public places will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored areas where people like to smoke.
The effects of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo parlors. Profits have plunged and the industry is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Obviously they have not cast aside this ancient game?
The answer is on the net. People know that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a drink and fag and still have a chance at monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course wagering on on the net is unlikely to replace the social part of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the law has left many bingo players with little alternative.
Posted in Bingo by Taryn