Jan 032026
Much has been stated in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However will the net variation of this classic game present a escape, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo has been an age old game historically played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game recently had undergone a recent return in acceptance with younger members of society opting to hit the bingo halls rather than the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the smoking ban throughout England and Wales.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most common locations where folks like to puff on cigarettes.
The results of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plunged and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Of course they haven’t cast aside this established game?
The answer is online. People realize that they can play bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and cigarette and in the end, enjoy massive jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.
Of course gambling on online can never replace the collective portion of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the rules have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little option.
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