Will the Anti Cigarette Law in Britain Drive Bingo Players Online?
Much has been talked in the papers not long ago concerning the bingo industry struggling as a result of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But does the internet version of this quintessential game present a salvation, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo is an classic game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game lately had undergone a recent return in popularity with younger members of society opting to visit the bingo parlours in place of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the introduction of the cigarette ban across England and Wales.
No more will players be permitted to smoke at the same time dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favorite areas where folks like to smoke.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo parlours. Players have plunged and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Of course they have not deserted this familiar game?
The answer is on the internet. Players know that they can wager on bingo using their computer while enjoying a cocktail and fag and in the end, enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing on the web is unlikely to replace the collective part of going down to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the rules have left a good many bingo players with no alternative.
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