Posted by Jace | Posted in Bingo | Posted on 09-09-2025
An abundance has been reported in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry being hit as a result of the smoking ban in the UK. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. However can the net adaptation of this traditional game present a salvation, or might it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar peer?
Bingo is an classic game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had experienced a recent return in appeal with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo halls rather than the discos on a Friday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the anti cigarette law across Britain.
Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public location will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most popular places where many people like to smoke.
The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo halls. Numbers have plunged and the business is absolutely struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Surely they haven’t cast aside this established game?
The answer is on the net. Gamblers are now realizing that they can play bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beer and smoke and in the end, have a chance at big prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course playing on the net is unlikely to replace the communal part of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the law has left many bingo players with no option.