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An abundance has been stated in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the industry alive. However does the internet version of this quintessential game offer a reprieve, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?

Bingo is an established game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game of late had experienced a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlors instead of the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to change with the legislating of the anti smoking law around United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most popular locations where folks like to puff on cigarettes.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlours. Profits have plummeted and the industry is literally fighting for its life. But where did all the players go? Surely they have not deserted this ancient game?

The answer is on the net. People realise that they can enjoy bingo from their computer while enjoying a drink and smoke and still have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course gambling on online is unlikely to replace the communal part of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a number of bingo players with little option.