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A lot has been written in the papers not long ago about the bingo industry struggling as a result of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to help keep the industry alive. However will the internet version of this quintessential game offer a escape, or might it not compare to its land based equivalent?

Bingo is an ancient game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had undergone a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo parlors instead of the clubs on a weekend. This is all about to be destroyed with the enacting of the anti cigarette law around United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke whilst marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite areas where folks enjoy smoking.

The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they haven’t cast aside this familiar game?

The answer is on the internet. Gamblers realise that they can gamble on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and fag and in the end, enjoy big prizes. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.

Of course playing on the web will never replace the communal portion of going over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little option.