Can the Anti Cigarette Law in Britain Drive Bingo Players On to the Web?
A lot has been reported in the papers not long ago regarding the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big aid to assist in keeping the businesses alive. But can the internet adaptation of this traditional game provide a escape, or will it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo has been an familiar game historically played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game recently had undergone a recent resurgence in appeal with younger people opting to visit the bingo halls instead of the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the legislating of the cigarette ban across United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes while marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most common locations where folks like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the industry is beyond a doubt fighting for its life. But where did the players go? Certainly they have not abandoned this classic game?
The answer is on the web. Gamblers know that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and cigarette and in the end, enjoy monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the social aspect of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the rules have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.
