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Will the Anti Cigarette Law in England Drive Bingo Players Online?

by Rogelio on Apr.03, 2022, under Bingo

An abundance has been talked in the papers recently regarding the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. However can the net variation of this quintessential game offer a escape, or will it never compare to its real life opposite?

Bingo has been an age old game historically played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game lately had witnessed a recent increase in appeal with younger people deciding to go to the bingo halls instead of the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the enforcement of the anti smoking law throughout UK.

Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public area will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most popular places where people like to smoke.

The results of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Numbers have dropped and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Of course they have not forgotten this age old game?

The answer is on the internet. Players realise that they can participate in bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and cig and in the end, enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.

Of course wagering on on the internet is unlikely to replace the communal part of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the law has left many bingo enthusiasts with no choice.


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