May 132026
An abundance has been talked in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling because of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive tax breaks to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However can the online variation of this classic game present a salvation, or might it not compare to its land based equivalent?
Bingo has been an enduring game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently had seen a recent return in popularity with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlours in place of the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the enforcement of the cigarette ban across Britain.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 every public location will not be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most common places where many people enjoy smoking.
The results of the cigarette ban can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plunged and the business is literally fighting for its life. But where did all the players go? Surely they haven’t deserted this classic game?
The answer is on the net. Players are now realizing that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and cigarette and in the end, enjoy monstrous jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on on the internet is unlikely to replace the communal portion of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with little choice.
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