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Much has been talked in the papers recently concerning the bingo industry being hit because of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However can the web variation of this quintessential game present a salvation, or will it not compare to its land based peer?

Bingo has been an age old game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game lately had undergone a recent increase in popularity with younger people deciding to hit the bingo halls rather than the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the enacting of the smoking ban all over England and Wales.

No more will gamblers be able to smoke at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public place will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite areas where folks enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlors. Profits have plunged and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Of course they haven’t given up on this familiar game?

The answer is on the internet. People realize that they can bet on bingo from their computer while enjoying a cocktail and smoke and in the end, have a chance at huge prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course gambling on online will never replace the social part of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the law has left a good many bingo players with little choice.