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A lot has been reported in the press not long ago about the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the cigarette ban in the UK. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. But can the online version of this quintessential game provide a salvation, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?

Bingo is an ancient game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game of late had witnessed a recent increase in popularity with younger people deciding to visit the bingo parlours in place of the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the introduction of the cigarette ban all over England and Wales.

Players will no longer be allowed to smoke whilst marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite locations where folks like to puff on cigarettes.

The results of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo parlours. Players have plunged and the business is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Surely they haven’t abandoned this familiar game?

The answer is on the internet. Players know that they can bet on bingo from their computer while enjoying a cocktail and cig and still have a chance at big cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course betting on on the internet will never replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of men and women the law has left a number of bingo players with little option.