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An abundance has been talked in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hurt as a consequence of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge tax breaks to assist in keeping the industry afloat. However can the web version of this traditional game present a lifeline, or might it never compare to its land based equivalent?

Bingo is an age old game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently had experienced a recent return in popularity with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo halls instead of the discos on a weekend. All this is about to be reversed with the legislating of the smoking ban all over Britain.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public locations will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored places where folks like to smoke.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo parlors. Profits have dropped and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Surely they haven’t cast aside this familiar game?

The answer is on the internet. Gamblers realise that they can play bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and smoke and still have a chance at massive jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the collective part of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the law has left many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.