Can the Cigarette Ban in England Take Bingo Players On to the Internet?
A lot has been reported in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti cigarette law in England. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge tax cuts to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the net variation of this quintessential game provide a reprieve, or might it never compare to its land based peer?
Bingo is an age old game historically played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game lately had undergone a recent return in appeal with younger members of society opting to visit the bingo halls instead of the discos on a Saturday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the enforcement of the cigarette ban throughout United Kingdom.
No longer will enthusiasts be allowed to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public locations will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored areas where people like to puff on cigarettes.
The effects of the anti smoking law can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo halls. Numbers have dropped and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Certainly they have not given up on this ancient game?
The answer is on the net. Players realize that they can play bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and cigarette and in the end, enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the web could never replace the collective aspect of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with little choice.
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