Can the Smoking Ban in the United Kingdom Take Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Internet?
Friday, 1. November 2024
An abundance has been reported in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a result of the smoking ban in England. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But will the online variation of this classic game offer a reprieve, or will it not compare to its land based peer?
Bingo is an familiar game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had experienced a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo halls rather than the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the legislating of the anti smoking law around United Kingdom.
No more will enthusiasts be permitted to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most popular places where players enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Of course they haven’t cast aside this classic game?
The answer is on the web. Gamblers realize that they can enjoy bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cig and still have a chance at big prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course betting on on the web is unlikely to replace the communal portion of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with no option.
Posted in Bingo by Taryn