An abundance has been reported in the papers not long ago concerning the bingo industry being hit as a result of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big tax cuts to help keep the businesses afloat. However can the net variation of this quintessential game provide a reprieve, or might it not compare to its land based peer?
Bingo is an classic game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. However the game lately had undergone a recent resurgence in appeal with younger people deciding to visit the bingo halls rather than the clubs on a Saturday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the enacting of the smoking ban across England and Wales.
Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public locations will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored locations where people enjoy smoking.
The effects of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo parlors. Players have dropped and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Certainly they have not cast aside this classic game?
The answer is on the internet. People know that they can play bingo using their computer while enjoying a beverage and cigarette and in the end, enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course wagering on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective portion of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.
July 4th, 2020
Tamara
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