Will the Anti Cigarette Law in the United Kingdom Force Bingo Players On to the Net?
Much has been talked in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues because of the cigarette ban in England. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the online variation of this classic game present a lifeline, or might it not compare to its land based opposite?
Bingo has been an established game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had undergone a recent resurgence in popularity with younger people opting to visit the bingo parlours in place of the discos on a weekend. All this is about to be destroyed with the introduction of the anti cigarette law all over England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes while marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favorite areas where players enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo halls. Profits have plunged and the industry is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Surely they have not abandoned this age old game?
The answer is on the web. People realise that they can enjoy bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and cig and still have a chance at massive prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course betting on on the web is unlikely to replace the social part of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.
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