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A lot has been stated in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hurt because of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge tax cuts to help keep the industry afloat. However can the online version of this traditional game present a lifeline, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar kin?

Bingo is an established game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game lately had experienced a recent resurgence in appeal with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo parlours instead of the discos on a weekend. This is all about to change with the legislating of the anti cigarette law throughout UK.

No more will gamblers be allowed to smoke whilst marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of '07 every public area will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favorite locations where people enjoy smoking.

The results of the smoking ban can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Certainly they have not deserted this age old game?

The answer is online. People know that they can gamble on bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a drink and smoke and in the end, enjoy big cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course gambling on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective part of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of people the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.