Posted by Maritza | Posted in Bingo | Posted on 03-12-2022
An abundance has been written in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big tax cuts to help keep the industry alive. But will the online version of this traditional game provide a lifeline, or will it never compare to its land based opposite?
Bingo has been an ancient game generally played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had experienced a recent increase in appeal with younger people opting to go to the bingo parlors instead of the discos on a weekend. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the smoking ban across England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public area will not be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most common locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Profits have plummeted and the business is literally struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Obviously they haven’t forgotten this enduring game?
The answer is on the web. Gamblers realise that they can gamble on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and cigarette and still enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the internet will never replace the communal part of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.