Posted by Maritza | Posted in Bingo | Posted on 07-03-2016
Much has been reported in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti cigarette law in England. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However will the online adaptation of this traditional game provide a lifeline, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?
Bingo has been an ancient game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game lately had witnessed a recent increase in appeal with younger people deciding to hit the bingo parlours in place of the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the legislating of the cigarette ban all over United Kingdom.
No more will players be able to smoke whilst marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most popular areas where people like to smoke.
The effects of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo halls. Numbers have plunged and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for its life. But where have the players gone? Of course they have not forgotten this established game?
The answer is on the internet. People realize that they can participate in bingo using their computer while enjoying a cocktail and cigarette and in the end, have a chance at monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.
Of course wagering on on the web is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with little option.