Could the Anti Cigarette Law in England Take Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Net?
Thursday, 19. September 2024
An abundance has been written in the papers recently regarding the bingo industry being hit as a result of the smoking ban in the UK. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax cuts to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the web version of this quintessential game provide a lifeline, or will it not compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo is an established game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game of late had seen a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger people deciding to go to the bingo parlors instead of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enforcement of the anti cigarette law all over UK.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public area will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most common areas where players like to puff on cigarettes.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Surely they haven’t cast aside this established game?
The answer is on the net. Players know that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and fag and still have a chance at massive jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.
Of course wagering on online is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the law has left a number of bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.
Posted in Bingo by Taryn