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A lot has been stated in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry being hit because of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the web variation of this classic game provide a escape, or will it never compare to its land based relative?

Bingo has been an age old game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game of late had seen a recent return in appeal with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a weekend. This is all about to be reversed with the enacting of the smoking ban across UK.

No longer will gamblers be permitted to smoke whilst marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most common areas where folks like to smoke.

The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo halls. Numbers have plummeted and the business is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Of course they have not given up on this familiar game?

The answer is online. Gamblers know that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a drink and smoke and in the end, enjoy massive jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course betting on on the net can never replace the communal aspect of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a good many bingo players with no choice.