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Much has been written in the papers just a while ago aboutthe bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But can the net adaptation of this classic game present a lifeline, or will it not compare to its land based relative?

Bingo is an classic game historically played by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game lately had witnessed a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlours in place of the discos on a Saturday night. This is all about to be reversed with the legislating of the cigarette ban all over England and Wales.

Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public location will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most popular places where players enjoy smoking.

The results of the smoking ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Of course they haven’t deserted this established game?

The answer is online. Players realize that they can wager on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, enjoy monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course wagering on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective portion of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little choice.