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An abundance has been reported in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues because of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge tax cuts to help keep the industry afloat. But can the web variation of this traditional game provide a escape, or will it never compare to its real life kin?

Bingo has been an familiar game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had experienced a recent return in acceptance with younger members of society opting to hit the bingo halls instead of the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the anti smoking law all over Britain.

Players will no longer be able to smoke while marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most common areas where many people enjoy smoking.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Of course they have not abandoned this classic game?

The answer is on the internet. Players realize that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, enjoy monstrous prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the social portion of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little option.