Posted by Maritza | Posted in Bingo | Posted on 16-07-2020
A lot has been stated in the press recently concerning the bingo industry being hurt because of the smoking ban in the UK. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge tax breaks to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However does the web variation of this classic game provide a salvation, or might it never compare to its real life opposite?
Bingo has been an established game generally played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game of late had experienced a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo halls 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 all over Britain.
Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public area will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite areas where players enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti cigarette law can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo parlors. Numbers have dropped and the industry is absolutely struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Obviously they haven’t forgotten this age old game?
The answer is on the web. People know that they can play bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a cocktail and smoke and in the end, have a chance at big cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.
Of course gambling on on the net is unlikely to replace the communal part of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of people the law has left many bingo players with little alternative.