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A lot has been reported in the press not long ago regarding the bingo industry being hurt as a consequence of the anti smoking law in the UK. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the net version of this quintessential game present a reprieve, or might it in no way compare to its real life kin?

Bingo is an ancient game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game recently had undergone a recent return in acceptance with younger people opting to hit the bingo halls instead of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the enacting of the smoking ban throughout Britain.

Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favorite locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.

The effects of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo halls. Profits have dropped and the industry is literally struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Of course they have not deserted this established game?

The answer is on the web. Gamblers realize that they can gamble on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cig and in the end, enjoy massive cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the social part of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the law has left many bingo players with little option.