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A lot has been talked in the papers recently concerning the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However will the online adaptation of this traditional game present a salvation, or might it not compare to its land based opposite?

Bingo is an classic game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game of late had witnessed a recent comeback in appeal with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlours instead of the clubs on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the smoking ban across UK.

Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public area will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most popular places where people enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo halls. Profits have plunged and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Obviously they have not forgotten this established game?

The answer is on the web. Gamblers realise that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cigarette and still enjoy massive prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course playing on the web is unlikely to replace the communal aspect of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the rules have left many bingo players with little choice.