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Much has been reported in the papers not long ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues because of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But will the internet version of this quintessential game provide a reprieve, or will it not compare to its real life equivalent?

Bingo is an age old game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had undergone a recent increase in popularity with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlours in place of the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the anti smoking law around Britain.

Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favored locations where folks enjoy smoking.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Surely they haven’t given up on this ancient game?

The answer is on the net. People realise that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, have a chance at huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.

Of course wagering on on the web will never replace the communal part of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of people the law has left a good many bingo players with little choice.