Can the Cigarette Ban in Britain Drive Bingo Enthusiasts On to the Net?

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Posted by Jace | Posted in Bingo | Posted on 03-04-2026

An abundance has been talked in the press not long ago regarding the bingo industry struggling because of the anti smoking law in Britain. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However can the web adaptation of this classic game provide a escape, or might it not compare to its land based equivalent?

Bingo is an age old game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently 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. This is all about to be reversed with the enforcement of the cigarette ban throughout Britain.

Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most popular areas where folks enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Obviously they have not forgotten this established game?

The answer is online. Gamblers realise that they can enjoy bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and cig and in the end, have a chance at massive cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course playing on the net could never replace the communal portion of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the law has left a good many bingo players with no alternative.

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