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An abundance has been reported in the papers recently about the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the smoking ban in the UK. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big tax cuts to help keep the industry alive. However does the web adaptation of this classic game present a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar peer?

Bingo has been an familiar game historically enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game of late had witnessed a recent return in popularity with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo halls instead of the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the enacting of the cigarette ban throughout Britain.

No more will gamblers be permitted to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public area will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most popular places where folks enjoy smoking.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Players have plunged and the industry is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Certainly they haven’t cast aside this familiar game?

The answer is online. People realize that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and cig and in the end, have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course betting on online is unlikely to replace the social aspect of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a number of bingo players with no option.