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A lot has been stated in the press not long ago about the bingo industry struggling because of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge tax breaks to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the internet adaptation of this quintessential game provide a escape, or might it never compare to its land based kin?

Bingo is an age old game historically enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game recently had undergone a recent comeback in popularity with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlors in place of the clubs on a weekend. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enforcement of the anti smoking law all over England and Wales.

Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favorite locations where folks like to smoke.

The results of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo halls. Players have plummeted and the industry is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Certainly they have not deserted this age old game?

The answer is on the web. Gamblers realize that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and cigarette and still have a chance at big cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course playing on the net is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.