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Will the Smoking Ban in England Drive Bingo Players On to the Net?

by Annie on Apr.12, 2020, under Bingo

A lot has been written in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge aid to assist in keeping the industry afloat. But can the web variation of this classic game offer a escape, or might it not compare to its land based opposite?

Bingo has been an established game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game lately had experienced a recent increase in appeal with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo parlors in place of the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the introduction of the anti smoking law across England and Wales.

Players will no longer be able to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public areas will not be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular locations where people enjoy smoking.

The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlors. Players have dropped and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Of course they haven’t given up on this age old game?

The answer is online. People are now realizing that they can participate in bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and smoke and in the end, enjoy big prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course playing on the web is unlikely to replace the social aspect of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the law has left a lot of bingo players with little option.


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