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Much has been stated in the papers not long ago about the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti smoking law in England. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However does the net version of this quintessential game offer a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its land based kin?

Bingo has been an familiar game historically played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game lately had witnessed a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger people opting to hit the bingo halls rather than the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the anti cigarette law across United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be able to smoke while marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public places will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular areas where people like to smoke.

The results of the smoking ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo halls. Numbers have plummeted and the industry is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they haven’t forgotten this age old game?

The answer is online. People realize that they can wager on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and cig and still enjoy big prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course gambling on on the net will never replace the collective part of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a number of bingo players with little choice.