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A lot has been talked in the press recently about the bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti smoking law in the UK. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However will the net version of this classic game provide a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its land based kin?

Bingo has been an enduring game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game recently had witnessed a recent return in appeal with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to be reversed with the legislating of the smoking ban around Britain.

Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public area will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favored locations where players like to smoke.

The results of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo parlors. Numbers have dropped and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Obviously they have not cast aside this classic game?

The answer is on the web. Players are now realizing that they can bet on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and fag and still have a chance at big cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course gambling on on the internet is unlikely to replace the communal aspect of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left many bingo enthusiasts with little choice.