Could the Anti Cigarette Law in Britain Take Bingo Players On to the Web?
Wednesday, 25. May 2022
A lot has been written in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. However can the online version of this quintessential game provide a lifeline, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo has been an familiar game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game lately had seen a recent return in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo halls rather than the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the cigarette ban around UK.
Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo halls. Profits have plummeted and the business is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Surely they have not abandoned this ancient game?
The answer is on the web. Players realize that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and smoke and still enjoy monstrous prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has happened almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the social part of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.
Posted in Bingo by Taryn