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Much has been reported in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry being hurt as a consequence of the cigarette ban in the UK. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax cuts to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But will the web adaptation of this classic game provide a reprieve, or might it never compare to its real life peer?

Bingo is an age old game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game recently had undergone a recent increase in appeal with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo halls instead of the discos on a Friday night. This is all about to change with the introduction of the anti smoking law all over Britain.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while marking numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favorite locations where many people enjoy smoking.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo parlours. Players have plummeted and the industry is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Obviously they have not forgotten this classic game?

The answer is online. Players realise that they can participate in bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course playing on the net is unlikely to replace the social portion of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left many bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.