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Much has been written in the press recently about the bingo industry being hurt as a consequence of the cigarette ban in England. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However does the internet version of this traditional game provide a reprieve, or will it never compare to its land based relative?

Bingo has been an established game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had experienced a recent return in appeal with younger members of society opting to visit the bingo parlors instead of the discos on a Friday night. This is all about to change with the introduction of the smoking ban around UK.

Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes while marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public area will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most popular areas where folks like to puff on cigarettes.

The results of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Of course they haven’t abandoned this enduring game?

The answer is online. People realize that they can participate in bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a drink and fag and in the end, enjoy big jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course playing on the internet is unlikely to replace the communal aspect of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.