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Much has been reported in the press not long ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. But will the online variation of this traditional game offer a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its land based opposite?

Bingo is an age old game generally played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game recently had undergone a recent return in appeal with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the smoking ban across Britain.

Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of '07 every public place will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favorite places where people like to puff on cigarettes.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlours. Numbers have plummeted and the business is absolutely struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they haven't given up on this age old game?

The answer is online. People are now realizing that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and cig and still enjoy massive prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.

Of course betting on on the web will never replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left many bingo players with little choice.