Will the Cigarette Ban in Britain Force Bingo Enthusiasts Online?
An abundance has been written in the papers recently about the bingo industry being hit because of the cigarette ban in England. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But does the net variation of this quintessential game present a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its real life peer?
Bingo is an enduring game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game lately had seen a recent increase in acceptance with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo halls rather than the bars on a weekend. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the anti smoking law all over United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most common places where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Profits have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Certainly they haven’t abandoned this established game?
The answer is online. Players know that they can wager on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, enjoy big cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on online will never replace the communal part of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left many bingo players with little alternative.
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