Can the Smoking Ban in the UK Take Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Internet?
A lot has been written in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big aid to help keep the businesses alive. However can the online variation of this quintessential game offer a salvation, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo has been an classic game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had witnessed a recent comeback in acceptance with younger people deciding to go to the bingo parlours instead of the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to be reversed with the legislating of the anti cigarette law all over United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes while marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most popular locations where players enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plunged and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Obviously they haven’t forgotten this familiar game?
The answer is online. Gamblers realise that they can enjoy bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and smoke and still enjoy monstrous prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course playing online is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of people the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little choice.
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