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Much has been reported in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry being hit because of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However can the internet version of this classic game provide a reprieve, or might it not compare to its land based opposite?

Bingo is an classic game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game lately had undergone a recent comeback in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlours instead of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the legislating of the anti cigarette law across UK.

No longer will gamblers be able to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most common locations where players enjoy smoking.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo parlors. Profits have plummeted and the business is absolutely struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they have not forgotten this ancient game?

The answer is on the net. People realise that they can bet on bingo from their computer while enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, have a chance at monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course wagering on on the net is unlikely to replace the social part of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the law has left many bingo players with little alternative.