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Much has been reported in the press not long ago about the bingo industry being hurt because of the cigarette ban in England. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge aid to help keep the industry afloat. However can the web version of this traditional game provide a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its real life equivalent?

Bingo has been an age old game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had seen a recent comeback in appeal with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlours instead of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the enforcement of the smoking ban throughout UK.

No longer will gamblers be able to smoke while marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored places where folks enjoy smoking.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the business is literally struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Certainly they haven’t given up on this familiar game?

The answer is on the net. Gamblers realize that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a cocktail and smoke and still enjoy monstrous prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course betting on on the web is unlikely to replace the social portion of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a number of bingo players with no choice.