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A lot has been stated in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling because of the smoking ban in Britain. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But can the online variation of this traditional game present a reprieve, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?

Bingo is an classic game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game of late had witnessed a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo halls in place of the bars on a weekend. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the anti smoking law throughout UK.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most common places where many people like to puff on cigarettes.

The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plummeted and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Of course they haven’t abandoned this familiar game?

The answer is online. Players realise that they can bet on bingo from their computer while enjoying a beverage and fag and still enjoy big jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.

Of course playing on the web is unlikely to replace the communal aspect of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a number of bingo players with little option.