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An abundance has been written in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti smoking law in England. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big tax cuts to help keep the industry alive. But does the internet adaptation of this quintessential game present a escape, or might it not compare to its land based equivalent?

Bingo has been an ancient game generally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game lately had seen a recent resurgence in popularity with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo parlors instead of the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to be reversed with the legislating of the cigarette ban across England and Wales.

Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes while marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most common locations where many people like to smoke.

The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Surely they haven’t cast aside this enduring game?

The answer is online. Players know that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, have a chance at massive prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the collective part of going over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with no option.