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Much has been reported in the press recently regarding the bingo industry struggling because of the cigarette ban in the UK. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. However will the internet adaptation of this quintessential game offer a lifeline, or will it in no way compare to its real life relative?

Bingo is an classic game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game of late had undergone a recent comeback in popularity with younger people opting to go to the bingo parlours in place of the bars on a weekend. All this is about to change with the legislating of the anti cigarette law throughout United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most common areas where folks enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlours. Profits have dropped and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Obviously they have not abandoned this familiar game?

The answer is online. People realize that they can gamble on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and cig and in the end, enjoy massive prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course playing on the internet is unlikely to replace the social portion of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the rules have left a number of bingo players with no alternative.