According to the land-based bingo industry the recently implemented smoking ban has a lot to answer for when it comes to bingo clubs and their bottom line. Top Ten bingo is the latest company to cry foul after having to issue a profit warning – the smoking ban is to blame.

However, I couldn’t help noticing recently that quite a few blue-chip companies like Ericsson, Citigroup, BP and a few others have been issuing profit warnings, but no mention of a smoking ban as a contributing factor.

Could it be that things are getting a bit tough out there irrespective of whether customers are allowed to smoke or not?  And then there’s that saying about ‘when the going gets tough,….’

In a way I’m thankful for the smoking ban because it means online bingo and online bingo halls have not yet been made scapegoats for the land-based bingo industry’s failures. But these are early days in an industry undergoing far bigger changes than many seem able to comprehend.

Written by John Witherspoon – Come and read all about the online bingo world. BingoStreet’s online bingo news section serves the freshest info of the industry.

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