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Much has been reported in the papers not long ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the cigarette ban in England. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big tax breaks to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. But can the online variation of this quintessential game provide a escape, or might it in no way compare to its real life opposite?

Bingo has been an familiar game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game recently had undergone a recent return in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enforcement of the cigarette ban around England and Wales.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public places will not be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most popular places where many people like to smoke.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plummeted and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Of course they haven’t given up on this ancient game?

The answer is on the internet. People are now realizing that they can participate in bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and smoke and in the end, have a chance at big jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course gambling on online is unlikely to replace the collective part of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of people the law has left many bingo players with little option.