Jun 132021
Much has been stated in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive tax breaks to assist in keeping the industry alive. But will the online version of this quintessential game present a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?
Bingo has been an age old game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game of late had experienced a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger members of society opting to go to the bingo parlors rather than the discos on a Saturday night. This is all about to change with the introduction of the cigarette ban across Britain.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular areas where many people enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlours. Players have plunged and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Certainly they have not abandoned this established game?
The answer is on the web. People are now realizing that they can play bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and cigarette and still enjoy big jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the collective part of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the rules have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no option.
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