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An abundance has been talked in the papers not long ago concerning the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But will the internet variation of this quintessential game present a lifeline, or might it never compare to its real life kin?

Bingo has been an ancient game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game recently had seen a recent comeback in acceptance with younger people deciding to go to the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the anti cigarette law around Britain.

Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of '07 every public location will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored places where people like to smoke.

The results of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlours. Profits have dropped and the business is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they haven't deserted this ancient game?

The answer is on the internet. Gamblers realize that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a beverage and fag and still enjoy massive cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.

Of course playing on the web is unlikely to replace the communal aspect of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left many bingo players with little option.