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Much has been reported in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti smoking law in England. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to help keep the industry alive. But will the internet version of this classic game offer a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its real life opposite?

Bingo is an familiar game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game lately had witnessed a recent comeback in acceptance with younger members of society opting to hit the bingo parlours in place of the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the legislating of the anti cigarette law around Britain.

Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes whilst dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public location will not be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most common locations where folks like to puff on cigarettes.

The results of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Of course they haven’t cast aside this classic game?

The answer is online. People realise that they can gamble on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cig and in the end, have a chance at big prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course wagering on on the web is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a number of bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.