Can the Cigarette Ban in England Take Bingo Players On to the Internet?
A lot has been written in the press not long ago regarding the bingo industry being hit because of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the internet variation of this quintessential game present a escape, or will it in no way compare to its real life kin?
Bingo is an age old game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game lately had experienced a recent comeback in appeal with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the introduction of the smoking ban around United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most common areas where players like to smoke.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo halls. Numbers have dropped and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Obviously they haven’t cast aside this established game?
The answer is on the internet. Players know that they can gamble on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cig and still enjoy big prizes. This is a recent development and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on on the net is unlikely to replace the collective portion of going over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a number of bingo players with no choice.
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