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An abundance has been written in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However can the online variation of this classic game present a lifeline, or might it in no way compare to its real life peer?

Bingo is an classic game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had undergone a recent return in popularity with younger people opting to hit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the anti cigarette law throughout Britain.

Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes while marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of '07 all public areas will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular areas where many people enjoy smoking.

The effects of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo halls. Profits have plunged and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Certainly they haven't abandoned this ancient game?

The answer is on the web. Players realize that they can wager on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a drink and cig and in the end, have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course gambling on on the web could never replace the communal part of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the law has left many bingo players with no option.