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An abundance has been talked in the papers recently about the bingo industry struggling because of the anti smoking law in Britain. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to help keep the businesses alive. But will the net adaptation of this classic game present a lifeline, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar kin?

Bingo is an familiar game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game of late had undergone a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlors in place of the clubs on a Friday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the enacting of the cigarette ban all over United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be allowed to smoke while marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favorite places where people like to puff on cigarettes.

The outcome of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the business is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Obviously they have not abandoned this ancient game?

The answer is on the web. Players are now realizing that they can participate in bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cigarette and in the end, enjoy massive cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course wagering on on the net can never replace the collective aspect of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.