Might the Anti Cigarette Law in Britain Force Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Web?
An abundance has been stated in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hit because of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge tax cuts to help keep the businesses alive. But does the net version of this traditional game present a salvation, or might it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo has been an classic game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game of late had witnessed a recent return in appeal with younger people opting to hit the bingo parlors rather than the clubs on a Friday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the enforcement of the cigarette ban across England and Wales.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most common locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo halls. Players have plummeted and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Of course they haven’t forgotten this age old game?
The answer is on the net. Gamblers know that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and cig and in the end, enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on on the internet could never replace the communal part of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little choice.
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