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Much has been talked in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry struggling as a result of the cigarette ban in Britain. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses alive. But does the internet variation of this quintessential game provide a salvation, or might it in no way compare to its real life relative?

Bingo is an age old game historically played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game of late had experienced a recent comeback in popularity with younger members of society opting to go to the bingo parlors instead of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the smoking ban around Britain.

Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Players have dropped and the industry is literally struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Of course they haven’t cast aside this age old game?

The answer is online. People realize that they can enjoy bingo using their computer while enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course betting on on the net will never replace the communal part of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.