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Much has been reported in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the smoking ban in the UK. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But does the net variation of this classic game present a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its real life kin?

Bingo is an classic game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had witnessed a recent return in appeal with younger members of society opting to visit the bingo halls rather than the clubs on a Friday night. All this is about to change with the enacting of the cigarette ban across Britain.

Players will no longer be able to smoke while marking numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public area will not be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favored areas where many people enjoy smoking.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo parlours. Players have plunged and the business is absolutely struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Surely they have not deserted this established game?

The answer is online. People realize that they can gamble on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and cigarette and still have a chance at massive cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course gambling on on the net could never replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a good many bingo players with little choice.