Might the Cigarette Ban in Britain Take Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Net?
An abundance has been reported in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti smoking law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the internet adaptation of this quintessential game offer a salvation, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?
Bingo is an familiar game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game of late had experienced a recent return in acceptance with younger members of society opting to go to the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a weekend. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the anti smoking law throughout England and Wales.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing 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 parlors, one of the most popular locations where people like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the smoking ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Surely they haven’t abandoned this classic game?
The answer is online. People realize that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and smoke and in the end, enjoy monstrous prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course betting on on the internet is unlikely to replace the social part of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the rules have left many bingo players with little alternative.
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