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A lot has been talked in the papers recently regarding the bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti smoking law in Britain. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the web adaptation of this quintessential game provide a escape, or will it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar peer?

Bingo is an established game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game lately had undergone a recent return in popularity with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the legislating of the anti cigarette law all over England and Wales.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke whilst marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public area will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favored locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plummeted and the business is absolutely fighting for its life. But where did all the players go? Certainly they haven’t cast aside this classic game?

The answer is on the net. People realize that they can play bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and smoke and still have a chance at huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the social portion of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with little alternative.