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A lot has been talked in the papers not long ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the smoking ban in Britain. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. But will the internet adaptation of this traditional game offer a salvation, or will it never compare to its land based equivalent?

Bingo has been an familiar game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game lately had undergone a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlours rather than the clubs on a weekend. All this is about to change with the legislating of the cigarette ban around United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favored locations where many people like to smoke.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo parlours. Profits have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Surely they have not abandoned this age old game?

The answer is on the internet. Players know that they can play bingo from their computer while enjoying a cocktail and cig and still have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.

Of course playing on the internet is unlikely to replace the social portion of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left many bingo players with little option.