Feb 182022
Much has been talked in the press not long ago concerning the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the web variation of this classic game provide a escape, or might it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar peer?
Bingo has been an familiar game historically enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game of late had witnessed a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo parlors rather than the discos on a Saturday night. This is all about to change with the enforcement of the cigarette ban across England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favored places where many people enjoy smoking.
The outcome of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo parlours. Players have plunged and the business is absolutely struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Certainly they have not deserted this age old game?
The answer is online. Gamblers realise that they can enjoy bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cigarette and in the end, have a chance at massive prizes. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course betting on online will never replace the communal part of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the rules have left a number of bingo players with little option.
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