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An abundance has been talked in the papers not long ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But can the web variation of this traditional game offer a salvation, or might it not compare to its real life equivalent?

Bingo has been an established game generally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game recently had experienced a recent increase in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to visit the bingo halls in place of the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the introduction of the cigarette ban around UK.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke at the same time dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of '07 every public area will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most common areas where folks enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo halls. Players have plummeted and the industry is absolutely fighting for its life. But where have the players gone? Surely they haven't abandoned this familiar game?

The answer is on the web. Gamblers realise that they can play bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and smoke and in the end, have a chance at huge prizes. This is a recent development and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the social part of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a lot of bingo players with no alternative.