Land Bingo Moves on from Smoking Ban
All land based bingo club operators dreaded the introduction of the smoking ban in all public places, as they believed it would have a very detrimental effect on their business and when it did come into effect in the UK they could not have been more right.
However, I am pleased to say that land based clubs like Mecca Bingo for instance have moved on from the smoking ban issue and are now fighting their way back into bingo contention. A few bingo clubs have built outside smoking areas, so their members can smoke whilst playing party bingo, but for main stage bingo they would still need to go back inside.
Bingo players seemed to have got used to the smoking ban in all public places now (well they had no option really) and are once again heading down to their local bingo. Where outside smoking shelters are not available, players still have the option of popping out for a smoke during the intervals……..but they would miss out on playing party interval games.
This could be a plus for the player though as it has got to save them some cash………but of course it is not hard to work out that this is the area where bingo clubs started to feel the pinch. But with new technology in bingo clubs now players have the option of playing more books by using the Gala Bingo whizz machines for instance, instead of the traditional paper bingo books.
Also Mecca Bingo have introduced some brand new state of the art (super bingo clubs) where having a night out at your local Mecca Bingo hall in Beeston for instance is like going out for a night on the town, with bingo thrown into the mix. Food is served to players at their tables, entertainment is put on and they have a number of different playing areas to suit all bingo tastes.
We are likely to see the introduction of more of these super bingo clubs over the years to come, but this could cause some smaller land based bingo clubs to close down. But as they say, bingo just like any other industry has got to move with the times and if it stops land based bingo going into complete distinction then we just have to embrace this new bingo era.
