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A lot has been stated in the press recently concerning the bingo industry singing the blues because of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the web version of this quintessential game provide a lifeline, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar opposite?

Bingo has been an age old game historically played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game lately had experienced a recent comeback in appeal with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlours rather than the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the enforcement of the smoking ban around UK.

No longer will gamblers be able to smoke whilst marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favored locations where many people like to smoke.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the business is literally fighting for its life. But where have the players gone? Certainly they haven’t forgotten this age old game?

The answer is on the net. People know that they can wager on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and smoke and in the end, enjoy monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course gambling on online will never replace the communal portion of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the law has left a good many bingo players with no alternative.