07
November
Written by Lily.
Posted in: Bingo
Much has been reported in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the smoking ban in the UK. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However will the net variation of this traditional game provide a lifeline, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar relative?
Bingo has been an established game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had seen a recent resurgence in popularity with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a weekend. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the anti cigarette law throughout UK.
Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public location will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most common locations where players enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo parlours. Profits have plunged and the industry is absolutely fighting for its life. But where did the players go? Of course they haven’t forgotten this familiar game?
The answer is online. Players realise that they can gamble on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cigarette and still enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent development and has happened just about perfectly with the anti cigarette law.
Of course wagering on on the web is unlikely to replace the social part of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of players the rules have left many bingo players with little option.
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