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A lot has been reported in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the anti smoking law in the United Kingdom. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big tax breaks to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However does the internet version of this traditional game offer a escape, or will it not compare to its land based relative?

Bingo is an ancient game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had seen a recent comeback in appeal with younger members of society opting to visit the bingo halls instead of the clubs on a weekend. This is all about to be reversed with the enforcement of the cigarette ban across UK.

Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored locations where many people enjoy smoking.

The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo parlours. Players have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Obviously they haven’t abandoned this established game?

The answer is on the net. Players know that they can participate in bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and fag and in the end, enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course playing on the web can never replace the communal part of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with little alternative.