Posted by Jace | Posted in Bingo | Posted on 24-02-2025
A lot has been stated in the press recently concerning the bingo industry struggling because of the anti smoking law in Britain. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to assist in keeping the industry afloat. However will the online version of this classic game offer a escape, or might it not compare to its real life relative?
Bingo is an ancient game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently had undergone a recent comeback in popularity with younger people opting to go to the bingo halls rather than the discos on a weekend. All this is about to change with the enforcement of the anti smoking law all over United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be allowed to smoke while marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public places will not be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most common places where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The effects of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo parlors. Players have plunged and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Of course they haven’t cast aside this ancient game?
The answer is on the web. People realise that they can bet on bingo using their computer while enjoying a cocktail and smoke and in the end, have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on on the internet can never replace the collective part of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the law has left many bingo players with little option.