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Much has been talked in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big tax breaks to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However will the net variation of this quintessential game offer a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its land based peer?

Bingo has been an age old game historically enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had experienced a recent increase in appeal with younger people deciding to hit the bingo parlors instead of the bars on a weekend. This is all about to be destroyed with the legislating of the smoking ban throughout United Kingdom.

No longer will gamblers be able to smoke while dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most common locations where players enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo halls. Numbers have dropped and the business is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Of course they haven’t deserted this age old game?

The answer is on the net. Players realize that they can enjoy bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and smoke and still enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course gambling on on the internet is unlikely to replace the social part of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with no alternative.