Can the Anti Cigarette Law in the United Kingdom Drive Bingo Players Online?
Monday, 26. June 2023
Much has been reported in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to help keep the industry alive. But does the web variation of this classic game provide a lifeline, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo is an familiar game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game of late had undergone a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo halls instead of the bars on a weekend. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the anti smoking law across Britain.
No more will players be permitted to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public locations will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favorite places where many people enjoy smoking.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo halls. Numbers have plunged and the business is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Of course they haven’t cast aside this ancient game?
The answer is on the net. Gamblers know that they can gamble on bingo using their computer while enjoying a drink and cigarette and still enjoy monstrous prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.
Of course wagering on on the web could never replace the social portion of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of players the law has left a lot of bingo players with no choice.
Posted in Bingo by Taryn