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A lot has been talked in the press recently concerning the bingo industry struggling because of the cigarette ban in England. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to help keep the industry alive. However does the net version of this traditional game provide a lifeline, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar opposite?

Bingo is an established game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had experienced a recent increase in acceptance with younger people deciding to visit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the anti cigarette law all over United Kingdom.

No more will players be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public locations will not be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored locations where people enjoy smoking.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlours. Players have plummeted and the industry is absolutely struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Of course they haven’t given up on this age old game?

The answer is online. Gamblers realize that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beer and cig and in the end, have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course gambling on online is unlikely to replace the communal part of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of people the law has left a lot of bingo players with no choice.