A lot has been stated in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti smoking law in the United Kingdom. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the online variation of this classic game offer a escape, or might it never compare to its land based opposite?
Bingo has been an classic game historically enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game of late had experienced a recent return in popularity with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlours in place of the discos on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the legislating of the cigarette ban around United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most popular areas where folks enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Certainly they have not deserted this age old game?
The answer is on the web. People realize that they can gamble on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cig and still have a chance at huge jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on online will never replace the communal aspect of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with no option.
May 21st, 2020
Tamara
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