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An abundance has been stated in the papers recently about the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the smoking ban in England. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax breaks to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However does the net version of this classic game provide a escape, or might it in no way compare to its land based peer?

Bingo is an established game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game of late had seen a recent comeback in appeal with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlors in place of the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the enforcement of the cigarette ban across Britain.

Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes whilst marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most common locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.

The results of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo parlours. Profits have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Of course they haven’t given up on this classic game?

The answer is on the web. Gamblers know that they can bet on bingo using their computer while enjoying a drink and smoke and in the end, have a chance at huge cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course betting on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective portion of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.