05
October
Written by Lily.
Posted in: Bingo
Much has been written in the papers not long ago concerning the bingo industry being hurt because of the cigarette ban in England. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big tax breaks to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the net version of this quintessential game offer a escape, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar kin?
Bingo is an ancient game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game of late had undergone a recent resurgence in appeal with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlors instead of the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the legislating of the cigarette ban throughout United Kingdom.
Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public areas will not be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favorite areas where many people like to puff on cigarettes.
The outcome of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Obviously they have not abandoned this age old game?
The answer is online. Gamblers realise that they can bet on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beer and smoke and still enjoy monstrous jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.
Of course gambling on online is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a number of bingo enthusiasts with little option.
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