Posted by Jace | Posted in Bingo | Posted on 19-03-2017
A lot has been written in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling because of the smoking ban in England. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive tax cuts to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. But does the net variation of this classic game present a escape, or might it in no way compare to its real life kin?
Bingo has been an age old game generally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game recently had experienced a recent comeback in popularity with younger people deciding to go to the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the anti cigarette law across Britain.
No longer will players be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public locations will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most popular places where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The effects of the anti smoking law can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo parlours. Players have plummeted and the business is literally fighting for its life. But where have the players gone? Surely they have not deserted this classic game?
The answer is on the web. Gamblers realize that they can play bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beverage and fag and in the end, enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course playing on the web is unlikely to replace the communal part of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.