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A lot has been written in the press recently concerning the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the anti smoking law in England. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the internet variation of this traditional game offer a escape, or will it never compare to its land based opposite?

Bingo has been an ancient game historically played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently had seen a recent return in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo halls rather than the bars on a weekend. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the smoking ban across United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favored places where folks like to puff on cigarettes.

The results of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo halls. Players have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Of course they haven’t deserted this established game?

The answer is on the internet. Gamblers are now realizing that they can enjoy bingo using their computer while enjoying a cocktail and cig and in the end, enjoy massive jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course betting on on the net is unlikely to replace the communal part of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a number of bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.