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Much has been talked in the press not long ago about the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But does the net variation of this quintessential game provide a lifeline, or will it not compare to its real life kin?

Bingo has been an ancient game historically played by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game of late had witnessed a recent return in acceptance with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo halls rather than the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the enforcement of the smoking ban around UK.

Players will no longer 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 locations and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most popular areas where many people like to smoke.

The results of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo parlours. Players have plunged and the business is literally fighting for its life. But where did the players go? Obviously they haven’t given up on this established game?

The answer is on the net. Players know that they can wager on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and fag and in the end, enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course playing on the internet will never replace the communal portion of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with no alternative.