Jun 172021
Much has been talked in the papers not long ago about the bingo industry struggling as a result of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But will the net adaptation of this quintessential game present a escape, or might it never compare to its real life kin?
Bingo has been an familiar game historically played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had seen a recent resurgence in popularity with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the introduction of the smoking ban across UK.
Players will no longer be permitted to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public area will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favorite areas where many people enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo halls. Profits have plunged and the business is literally fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they haven’t given up on this age old game?
The answer is on the web. Players realise that they can enjoy bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and cig and in the end, enjoy big prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the net can never replace the social portion of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with little choice.
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