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A lot has been written in the press not long ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the smoking ban in the UK. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge tax cuts to help keep the industry alive. However can the internet adaptation of this traditional game present a reprieve, or might it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar relative?

Bingo has been an familiar game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had undergone a recent increase in appeal with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo halls instead of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the anti cigarette law throughout UK.

Players will no longer be able to smoke while marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of '07 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favorite locations where players like to puff on cigarettes.

The results of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlors. Profits have plummeted and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Surely they haven't deserted this familiar game?

The answer is on the web. People realize that they can play bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and fag and in the end, enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.

Of course gambling on online will never replace the collective part of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a lot of bingo players with little alternative.