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An abundance has been reported in the press not long ago concerning the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax cuts to assist in keeping the industry afloat. However can the online adaptation of this quintessential game present a escape, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar relative?

Bingo has been an age old game historically played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game of late had experienced a recent resurgence in popularity with younger people deciding to go to the bingo halls in place of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the enforcement of the smoking ban across UK.

Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes whilst marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public area will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favored locations where people enjoy smoking.

The effects of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo parlors. Numbers have dropped and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they have not forgotten this established game?

The answer is online. Gamblers realise that they can enjoy bingo using their computer while enjoying a beer and cigarette and still enjoy monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.

Of course wagering on on the web is unlikely to replace the collective part of going over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a number of bingo enthusiasts with little option.