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An abundance has been talked in the papers recently regarding the bingo industry struggling as a result of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However does the net variation of this traditional game present a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its land based equivalent?

Bingo has been an familiar game generally played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game lately had experienced a recent increase in popularity with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the smoking ban all over England and Wales.

No more will gamblers be allowed to puff on cigarettes while marking off their numbers. Starting in 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 favored locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.

The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for its life. But where did all the players go? Surely they haven’t cast aside this ancient game?

The answer is online. Players know that they can participate in bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and smoke and in the end, enjoy monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.

Of course playing on the web can never replace the social aspect of going down to the bingo hall, but for a group of players the rules have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little option.