A lot has been stated in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry singing the blues because of the cigarette ban in the UK. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive tax cuts to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the net adaptation of this quintessential game provide a reprieve, or will it never compare to its real life kin?
Bingo is an enduring game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had witnessed a recent comeback in appeal with younger members of society opting to visit the bingo halls in place of the bars on a weekend. All this is about to be destroyed with the enacting of the anti cigarette law all over UK.
Players will no longer be able to smoke while marking numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public location will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most common areas where people like to smoke.
The effects of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the industry is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Obviously they haven’t deserted this age old game?
The answer is on the internet. Players realise that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and cig and in the end, enjoy monstrous jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.
Of course betting on on the net could never replace the social portion of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.
July 3rd, 2019
Tamara
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