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An abundance has been written in the press recently concerning the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti cigarette law in England. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to help keep the businesses alive. However will the online adaptation of this classic game provide a salvation, or might it never compare to its real life equivalent?

Bingo is an age old game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game recently had experienced a recent comeback in popularity with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlors in place of the discos on a weekend. All this is about to be destroyed with the enacting of the cigarette ban around Britain.

No longer will gamblers be able to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public location will not be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored areas where folks enjoy smoking.

The results of the smoking ban can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo halls. Numbers have dropped and the business is literally struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Of course they haven’t deserted this established game?

The answer is on the internet. People are now realizing that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and fag and in the end, have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.

Of course betting on on the internet is unlikely to replace the communal part of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a lot of bingo players with no choice.