Posted by Maritza | Posted in Bingo | Posted on 31-03-2016
An abundance has been talked in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the anti smoking law in the UK. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive tax cuts to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the internet version of this traditional game present a lifeline, or might it never compare to its land based relative?
Bingo has been an ancient game historically enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. However the game recently had witnessed a recent comeback in appeal with younger people deciding to hit the bingo parlours in place of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the cigarette ban throughout United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most common areas where folks like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo halls. Profits have dropped and the business is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Of course they haven’t cast aside this enduring game?
The answer is online. People realise that they can gamble on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, have a chance at huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course playing on the net is unlikely to replace the collective portion of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of players the rules have left many bingo players with no alternative.