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An abundance has been stated in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the anti smoking law in Britain. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax breaks to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the web variation of this classic game present a lifeline, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar kin?

Bingo has been an age old game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game recently had undergone a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlors in place of the discos on a weekend. This is all about to be reversed with the introduction of the smoking ban all over United Kingdom.

No more will players be permitted to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 every public area will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favorite locations where folks enjoy smoking.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt fighting for its life. But where did all the players go? Of course they haven’t given up on this age old game?

The answer is on the internet. Gamblers realize that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and smoke and in the end, enjoy big prizes. This is a recent development and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course gambling on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective portion of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a good many bingo players with no alternative.