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A lot has been stated in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the smoking ban in the UK. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. But can the web variation of this traditional game provide a salvation, or will it never compare to its land based opposite?

Bingo is an established game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game lately had undergone a recent comeback in acceptance with younger people deciding to hit the bingo parlors instead of the discos on a weekend. This is all about to change with the enforcement of the anti cigarette law all over United Kingdom.

No longer will players be able to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most common locations where many people like to smoke.

The results of the anti smoking law can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plummeted and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Obviously they haven’t deserted this established game?

The answer is online. Players realize that they can play bingo from their computer while enjoying a cocktail and fag and still enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened just about perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course playing on the internet can never replace the social part of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the law has left a good many bingo players with no choice.