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Much has been reported in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the smoking ban in the UK. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the web variation of this classic game present a lifeline, or will it never compare to its land based kin?

Bingo has been an established game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game of late had experienced a recent return in appeal with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to be reversed with the enforcement of the anti smoking law across England and Wales.

Players will no longer be able to smoke whilst marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most common areas where players like to puff on cigarettes.

The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo parlors. Players have dropped and the industry is absolutely struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Of course they have not given up on this age old game?

The answer is online. People know that they can bet on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and cig and in the end, enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course gambling on on the web could never replace the communal aspect of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the rules have left a lot of bingo players with little alternative.