Apr 082018
An abundance has been talked in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling as a result of the cigarette ban in Britain. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big tax breaks to help keep the businesses afloat. However can the online version of this classic game offer a lifeline, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar opposite?
Bingo is an established game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently had undergone a recent increase in appeal with younger members of society opting to hit the bingo parlours instead of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to be reversed with the legislating of the smoking ban across England and Wales.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes while marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favored places where players enjoy smoking.
The results of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo halls. Profits have plunged and the industry is literally fighting for its life. But where did the players go? Certainly they have not given up on this ancient game?
The answer is online. Players know that they can gamble on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cig and still enjoy monstrous prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course betting on on the web is unlikely to replace the social portion of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the law has left a lot of bingo players with no alternative.
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