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A lot has been talked in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However will the internet variation of this quintessential game offer a lifeline, or might it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?

Bingo has been an familiar game historically played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had seen a recent return in acceptance with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a weekend. All this is about to change with the enacting of the cigarette ban around England and Wales.

No more will gamblers be allowed to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. From the summer of '07 every public place will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored places where many people like to puff on cigarettes.

The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo parlors. Profits have dropped and the business is literally struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they haven't forgotten this classic game?

The answer is on the web. People realise that they can bet on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and cigarette and in the end, have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course playing on the net is unlikely to replace the communal part of heading over to the bingo parlour, but for a group of people the rules have left a lot of bingo players with no choice.