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An abundance has been written in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the anti smoking law in Britain. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big tax breaks to help keep the businesses alive. However does the web adaptation of this classic game offer a lifeline, or will it in no way compare to its real life equivalent?

Bingo has been an established game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game recently had experienced a recent increase in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a weekend. All this is about to change with the introduction of the smoking ban all over UK.

Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favorite places where people enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the industry is beyond a doubt fighting for its life. But where did the players go? Of course they haven’t forgotten this age old game?

The answer is online. Players are now realizing that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beverage and fag and in the end, have a chance at huge jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course gambling on on the internet will never replace the communal part of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a number of bingo players with no alternative.