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An abundance has been reported in the papers not long ago about the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the anti smoking law in Britain. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge tax breaks to help keep the businesses afloat. But will the online adaptation of this classic game offer a escape, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar opposite?

Bingo has been an established game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game lately had undergone a recent comeback in appeal with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlors instead of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the enacting of the smoking ban around UK.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke whilst marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favorite locations where many people like to smoke.

The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the industry is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Surely they have not deserted this classic game?

The answer is online. Players realize that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beer and smoke and in the end, enjoy big prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.

Of course gambling on online could never replace the social portion of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the rules have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with no choice.