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Much has been written in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling because of the anti smoking law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax cuts to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However does the web variation of this classic game provide a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its real life peer?

Bingo is an established game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game recently had undergone a recent return in popularity with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the anti cigarette law all over UK.

No longer will enthusiasts be permitted to puff on cigarettes while marking numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public places will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favorite places where people enjoy smoking.

The results of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo parlors. Numbers have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for its life. But where have the players gone? Of course they haven’t cast aside this established game?

The answer is online. Gamblers realise that they can bet on bingo using their computer while enjoying a drink and cig and still enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course playing online is unlikely to replace the social part of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the law has left a lot of bingo players with little option.