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Much has been written in the papers recently regarding the bingo industry struggling as a result of the smoking ban in the UK. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However will the online variation of this quintessential game present a salvation, or will it never compare to its land based opposite?

Bingo is an familiar game historically played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game recently had experienced a recent comeback in appeal with younger people opting to visit the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a Friday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the legislating of the smoking ban throughout United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be able to smoke while marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most common places where many people like to puff on cigarettes.

The effects of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo halls. Numbers have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for its life. But where have the players gone? Obviously they have not cast aside this ancient game?

The answer is on the net. Players know that they can play bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cigarette and in the end, enjoy big jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course betting on on the web can never replace the social aspect of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the law has left a lot of bingo players with no alternative.