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A lot has been reported in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a result of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. But can the net variation of this classic game present a reprieve, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar peer?

Bingo has been an familiar game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had undergone a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a weekend. All this is about to be reversed with the introduction of the smoking ban all over United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes while marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 every public location will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favorite places where folks like to smoke.

The results of the anti smoking law can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo halls. Players have dropped and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Of course they have not abandoned this familiar game?

The answer is on the net. Gamblers realize that they can gamble on bingo from their computer while enjoying a beverage and cig and in the end, have a chance at huge cash rewards. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.

Of course wagering on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of people the law has left a good many bingo players with little option.