May 142022
An abundance has been talked in the press recently about the bingo industry being hurt because of the smoking ban in Britain. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge aid to help keep the businesses afloat. However will the net version of this classic game present a lifeline, or might it in no way compare to its land based equivalent?
Bingo is an familiar game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game of late had witnessed a recent comeback in popularity with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo halls in place of the clubs on a weekend. This is all about to be destroyed with the enforcement of the smoking ban across United Kingdom.
No more will enthusiasts be permitted to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public locations will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular areas where players like to smoke.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo parlours. Numbers have dropped and the industry is literally fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they haven’t abandoned this familiar game?
The answer is online. Players know that they can play bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, have a chance at monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing online will never replace the collective aspect of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the law has left many bingo players with little option.
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