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A lot has been reported in the press not long ago regarding the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the cigarette ban in England. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the net adaptation of this traditional game provide a reprieve, or will it not compare to its land based kin?

Bingo has been an enduring game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game of late had experienced a recent increase in appeal with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo parlors in place of the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the anti cigarette law across Britain.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most common locations where players enjoy smoking.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo parlours. Players have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they have not abandoned this familiar game?

The answer is on the web. Players realise that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and cigarette and still enjoy monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course betting on on the internet is unlikely to replace the social aspect of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with no choice.