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Much has been talked in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hit as a result of the cigarette ban in the UK. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax cuts to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. But can the online adaptation of this traditional game present a escape, or might it never compare to its real life kin?

Bingo is an age old game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game lately had seen a recent return in popularity with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo halls rather than the clubs on a weekend. All this is about to be reversed with the enforcement of the smoking ban all over England and Wales.

Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Starting in the summer of '07 every public area will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored places where players enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo halls. Players have dropped and the industry is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Certainly they have not deserted this established game?

The answer is on the net. Players realize that they can gamble on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a beer and cig and in the end, have a chance at big cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.

Of course wagering on on the web can never replace the communal part of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left many bingo enthusiasts with little option.