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A lot has been written in the papers recently about the bingo industry struggling because of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But does the net adaptation of this classic game offer a escape, or might it not compare to its real life peer?

Bingo has been an age old game historically played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had witnessed a recent increase in popularity with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a weekend. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the cigarette ban all over UK.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public places will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite places where many people like to puff on cigarettes.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Obviously they have not cast aside this familiar game?

The answer is online. Players realize that they can wager on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and smoke and in the end, enjoy massive jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course playing on the internet is unlikely to replace the social aspect of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left many bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.