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An abundance has been talked in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the cigarette ban in England. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big tax cuts to help keep the businesses afloat. However can the web adaptation of this traditional game present a reprieve, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar relative?

Bingo has been an enduring game generally played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game lately had experienced a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlors rather than the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the legislating of the anti cigarette law throughout United Kingdom.

No more will players be permitted to smoke while marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 every public location will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most popular places where players like to puff on cigarettes.

The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo halls. Players have plummeted and the business is absolutely struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Of course they have not cast aside this classic game?

The answer is on the net. People are now realizing that they can enjoy bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and smoke and still have a chance at huge prizes. This is a recent development and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course gambling on on the internet is unlikely to replace the social part of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left many bingo players with no option.