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A lot has been talked in the papers recently regardingthe bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge tax breaks to help keep the businesses alive. But can the web version of this traditional game provide a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?

Bingo is an familiar game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game lately had seen a recent comeback in popularity with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the introduction of the cigarette ban around Britain.

Players will no longer be allowed to smoke whilst marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 every public area will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most common places where people like to puff on cigarettes.

The effects of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo parlours. Profits have plummeted and the industry is absolutely fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they have not forgotten this established game?

The answer is on the web. Gamblers know that they can participate in bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and fag and in the end, enjoy massive cash rewards. This is a recent development and has happened just about perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course wagering on online is unlikely to replace the social part of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little option.