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A lot has been talked in the press not long ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However can the net version of this traditional game provide a lifeline, or might it in no way compare to its land based kin?

Bingo is an familiar game historically enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had undergone a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo halls in place of the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the enforcement of the cigarette ban across United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be allowed to smoke whilst marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public place will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favored areas where people enjoy smoking.

The results of the smoking ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo halls. Numbers have plummeted and the business is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Obviously they have not cast aside this ancient game?

The answer is online. Gamblers are now realizing that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a drink and fag and still enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course wagering on online is unlikely to replace the collective part of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of people the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.