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Much has been talked in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However will the online variation of this traditional game provide a reprieve, or will it never compare to its land based relative?

Bingo has been an familiar game generally played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had seen a recent comeback in popularity with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlours in place of the clubs on a weekend. This is all about to change with the introduction of the smoking ban all over UK.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public area will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favorite locations where people like to smoke.

The results of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plummeted and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they have not given up on this ancient game?

The answer is online. Gamblers realise that they can play bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beverage and smoke and in the end, enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent development and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course gambling on online is unlikely to replace the communal portion of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little option.