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A lot has been reported in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the cigarette ban in England. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge tax breaks to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However does the internet variation of this traditional game provide a lifeline, or might it not compare to its land based opposite?

Bingo is an age old game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had witnessed a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlors in place of the discos on a Friday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the enforcement of the smoking ban throughout UK.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke whilst marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored places where folks enjoy smoking.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo halls. Profits have plummeted and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Obviously they haven’t given up on this ancient game?

The answer is on the internet. Gamblers are now realizing that they can wager on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beer and smoke and still have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course gambling on on the internet could never replace the communal part of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.