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Much has been talked in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling as a result of the smoking ban in the UK. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive aid to assist in keeping the industry alive. But does the net variation of this traditional game provide a escape, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar relative?

Bingo has been an familiar game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game of late had undergone a recent increase in popularity with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlors rather than the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the enacting of the smoking ban throughout United Kingdom.

No longer will players be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public places will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favored locations where people enjoy smoking.

The effects of the anti smoking law can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo halls. Players have plummeted and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Surely they haven’t cast aside this established game?

The answer is on the net. People are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and cig and still have a chance at huge cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course playing on the net is unlikely to replace the communal part of going over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.