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Much has been stated in the papers recently regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the anti smoking law in Britain. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big tax cuts to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However will the internet adaptation of this classic game present a reprieve, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?

Bingo is an age old game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game lately had seen a recent comeback in appeal with younger members of society opting to visit the bingo parlors rather than the clubs on a weekend. This is all about to change with the enacting of the smoking ban across United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public locations will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most common areas where folks like to puff on cigarettes.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Profits have plunged and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Of course they haven’t cast aside this classic game?

The answer is on the web. Gamblers know that they can gamble on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and fag and in the end, have a chance at monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course gambling on on the web could never replace the communal aspect of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the rules have left many bingo players with little option.