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Much has been talked in the papers recently regarding the bingo industry struggling as a result of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But will the internet adaptation of this traditional game present a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its real life relative?

Bingo is an age old game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had experienced a recent comeback in popularity with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo parlours instead of the bars on a weekend. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the anti cigarette law throughout UK.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public place will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favorite areas where many people enjoy smoking.

The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Profits have plummeted and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they haven’t forgotten this age old game?

The answer is on the internet. People realize that they can bet on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course gambling on on the internet is unlikely to replace the social part of going down to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with little alternative.