Reasons for the Downfall of Offline Hall Bingo

A few years ago if you had said to someone what are the first things you think of when you hear the word bingo most people would have said full bingo halls, old ladies playing bingo and smoking at the same time, a flamboyant bingo caller and an energetic atmosphere. That was before online bingo hit our computer screens Although the same affection is still there for bingo halls the fact is that now in 2009 there are no where near as many functioning bingo halls. Why is that Below are some of the many reasons why the numbers of bingo players playing in bingo halls has dwindled so much: The smoking ban

Although the smoking ban hasnt affected businesses like pubs and restaurants it did affect the bingo world big style
Before the ban many people enjoyed nothing more than a little drink and a cigarette whilst playing bingo. It was a sociable thing and was one of the main reasons a lot of bingo players were even playing at all. Once the smoking ban was introduced no one could smoke in the bingo halls and so some bingo players switched to playing online from their own homes where they could smoke as much as they wanted.

Selling up of bingo halls

The price of property in the UK has only just started to fall a tiny bit as part of the economic downturn, but it had been rising sharply for at least the last 10 years.

Bingo halls were sold as a way of bingo companies to make extra money from the assets they already held and so there are now not nearly as many bingo halls in the UK as there once were. What this means is that bingo players can easily find an online bingo site but will be hard stretched to find a local bingo hall to play at.