A lot has been stated in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry struggling because of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big aid to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. However will the internet adaptation of this traditional game provide a escape, or might it never compare to its land based equivalent?
Bingo is an familiar game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had undergone a recent return in popularity with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo halls rather than the clubs on a Saturday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the introduction of the smoking ban throughout Britain.
Players will no longer be able to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored places where players enjoy smoking.
The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo halls. Numbers have plummeted and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Surely they have not deserted this established game?
The answer is on the internet. Players realize that they can enjoy bingo from their computer while enjoying a drink and cigarette and still have a chance at big prizes. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course wagering on on the web could never replace the communal part of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of players the law has left a number of bingo enthusiasts with no option.
July 28th, 2020
Tamara
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