Might the Anti Smoking Law in Britain Take Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Web?
An abundance has been stated in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the cigarette ban in the UK. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the online variation of this traditional game offer a escape, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar relative?
Bingo has been an classic game generally played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had witnessed a recent return in popularity with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo halls in place of the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to change with the legislating of the smoking ban all over Britain.
Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public location will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favored locations where folks enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo parlours. Numbers have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for its life. But where did all the players go? Of course they haven’t deserted this age old game?
The answer is online. Gamblers know that they can gamble on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beer and fag and still have a chance at massive cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course playing on the web could never replace the communal part of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no choice.
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