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Much has been talked in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hit as a result of the smoking ban in the UK. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge tax breaks to help keep the businesses afloat. However can the web version of this quintessential game provide a lifeline, or might it never compare to its real life peer?

Bingo has been an age old game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had undergone a recent increase in appeal with younger people opting to visit the bingo parlours in place of the clubs on a Saturday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the enforcement of the cigarette ban all over Britain.

No longer will players be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public location will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favored areas where players enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo parlours. Players have plummeted and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Of course they have not abandoned this familiar game?

The answer is on the net. People know that they can enjoy bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and cigarette and in the end, enjoy big prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course gambling on on the internet is unlikely to replace the communal aspect of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the rules have left a number of bingo players with little choice.