Posted by Maritza | Posted in Bingo | Posted on 15-04-2019
Much has been talked in the papers not long ago about the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But will the net variation of this traditional game offer a reprieve, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo has been an enduring game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game of late had undergone a recent return in appeal with younger members of society opting to hit the bingo parlors in place of the clubs on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the cigarette ban around United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public location will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favorite places where people like to smoke.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo parlours. Numbers have dropped and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Surely they haven’t given up on this ancient game?
The answer is on the net. Gamblers realize that they can play bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a drink and smoke and still have a chance at huge jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the collective part of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with little option.