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Much has been talked in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry singing the blues because of the smoking ban in the UK. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge tax cuts to help keep the businesses afloat. However does the net variation of this quintessential game provide a escape, or will it never compare to its real life peer?

Bingo has been an classic game generally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had witnessed a recent resurgence in appeal with younger people deciding to go to the bingo parlours in place of the clubs on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enforcement of the anti smoking law around UK.

Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public locations will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored places where folks enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the smoking ban can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plunged and the business is absolutely struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Surely they have not deserted this familiar game?

The answer is on the web. Gamblers realize that they can wager on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cig and still have a chance at huge jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.

Of course wagering on on the net is unlikely to replace the collective portion of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little option.