Might the Anti Smoking Law in the United Kingdom Take Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Web?

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Posted by Maritza | Posted in Bingo | Posted on 24-10-2018

Much has been talked in the papers recently concerning the bingo industry struggling as a result of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge aid to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However can the net version of this classic game offer a salvation, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar relative?

Bingo is an familiar game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game of late had witnessed a recent increase in popularity with younger members of society opting to go to the bingo parlours in place of the discos on a weekend. This is all about to be reversed with the enacting of the smoking ban across 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 not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favored locations where many people enjoy smoking.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plummeted and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they have not abandoned this established game?

The answer is on the net. People know that they can play bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a cocktail and cigarette and still have a chance at huge jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course wagering on on the net can never replace the communal portion of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of men and women the law has left a lot of bingo players with no choice.

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