Can the Cigarette Ban in England Drive Bingo Players On to the Web?
Much has been talked in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling as a result of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But can the net version of this quintessential game provide a escape, or might it never compare to its real life kin?
Bingo has been an classic game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. However the game lately had experienced a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger members of society opting to hit the bingo halls instead of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the anti smoking law throughout Britain.
No more will players be able to smoke whilst marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular places where folks enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plunged and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they haven’t cast aside this classic game?
The answer is on the web. Players know that they can bet on bingo from their computer while enjoying a beverage and cigarette and still have a chance at monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.
Of course playing on the web could never replace the collective aspect of going down to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.