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An abundance has been talked in the papers recently concerning the bingo industry singing the blues because of the anti smoking law in England. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge aid to assist in keeping the industry alive. But will the internet variation of this traditional game offer a reprieve, or will it never compare to its real life kin?

Bingo is an ancient game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game recently had undergone a recent resurgence in appeal with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlours rather than the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the enforcement of the anti smoking law all over UK.

Players will no longer be able to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public location will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favored locations where many people like to smoke.

The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo parlors. Profits have plunged and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Surely they haven't forgotten this familiar game?

The answer is online. People realise that they can participate in bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and fag and still have a chance at big prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course gambling on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective portion of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.