Can the Smoking Ban in the United Kingdom Force Bingo Players Online?
An abundance has been talked in the papers recently concerning the bingo industry being hit as a result of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However can the net variation of this classic game offer a escape, or will it in no way compare to its real life equivalent?
Bingo has been an age old game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game of late had experienced a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo halls in place of the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the legislating of the smoking ban around UK.
No more will enthusiasts be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most common locations where people enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo halls. Numbers have dropped and the business is absolutely struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Certainly they have not given up on this age old game?
The answer is on the net. Players realise that they can participate in bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and cigarette and in the end, have a chance at monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course wagering on online could never replace the communal part of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the rules have left many bingo enthusiasts with little choice.
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