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An abundance has been talked in the papers not long ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to help keep the businesses alive. However does the online adaptation of this traditional game provide a salvation, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar peer?

Bingo has been an classic game normally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game of late had experienced a recent comeback in appeal with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlors instead of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the enacting of the cigarette ban around UK.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public locations will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored areas where many people enjoy smoking.

The results of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo parlours. Profits have plummeted and the industry is absolutely fighting for its life. But where have the players gone? Of course they have not given up on this enduring game?

The answer is online. Gamblers realize that they can play bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beverage and cigarette and in the end, have a chance at big prizes. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course wagering on on the web is unlikely to replace the social aspect of going down to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.