Posted by Maritza | Posted in Bingo | Posted on 31-08-2018
An abundance has been written in the press recently regarding the bingo industry being hit because of the smoking ban in England. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to assist in keeping the industry afloat. However does the web version of this traditional game present a escape, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar opposite?
Bingo has been an age old game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game recently had undergone a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo halls instead of the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the smoking ban across England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public area will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favored areas where many people like to smoke.
The results of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the business is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Obviously they have not abandoned this enduring game?
The answer is online. Players are now realizing that they can wager on bingo from their computer while enjoying a beverage and cig and in the end, have a chance at huge prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course betting on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left many bingo players with little choice.