Dec 082021
A lot has been reported in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling because of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive tax cuts to help keep the businesses afloat. But can the online variation of this classic game provide a lifeline, or will it not compare to its land based kin?
Bingo has been an established game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game of late had undergone a recent increase in popularity with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the enacting of the smoking ban throughout Britain.
Players will no longer be able to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public location will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favorite locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plummeted and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Of course they haven’t deserted this age old game?
The answer is on the web. Players realise that they can play bingo using their computer while enjoying a beverage and smoke and still have a chance at big cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing on the net can never replace the collective portion of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with little alternative.
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