Might the Cigarette Ban in the United Kingdom Take Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Internet?
Saturday, 25. June 2022
Much has been written in the press recently concerning the bingo industry singing the blues because of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge tax cuts to help keep the industry alive. However will the web adaptation of this traditional game present a escape, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?
Bingo has been an enduring game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game recently had seen a recent resurgence in appeal with younger people opting to go to the bingo parlors in place of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to change with the enacting of the cigarette ban all over Britain.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public place will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favorite places where folks like to puff on cigarettes.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo halls. Numbers have plummeted and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Surely they haven’t deserted this classic game?
The answer is on the net. Players know that they can bet on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and cigarette and in the end, enjoy massive prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course playing on the web is unlikely to replace the communal aspect of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.
Posted in Bingo by Taryn