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Much has been written in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues because of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But will the net version of this quintessential game present a salvation, or will it not compare to its real life relative?

Bingo has been an familiar game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game recently had seen a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger people opting to go to the bingo parlours rather than the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the smoking ban around England and Wales.

No longer will players be able to smoke at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public locations will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most common locations where players enjoy smoking.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo halls. Profits have plummeted and the industry is literally struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Certainly they haven’t cast aside this familiar game?

The answer is on the net. Players are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.

Of course betting on online could never replace the social aspect of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the rules have left many bingo enthusiasts with no option.