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An abundance has been talked in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the anti smoking law in England. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However can the online version of this quintessential game present a lifeline, or might it never compare to its real life kin?

Bingo has been an familiar game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had undergone a recent comeback in appeal with younger people deciding to visit the bingo halls rather than the clubs on a weekend. All this is about to be destroyed with the enacting of the anti cigarette law around Britain.

Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favored locations where many people like to smoke.

The results of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Players have plunged and the industry is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Obviously they have not forgotten this classic game?

The answer is on the net. Gamblers realize that they can enjoy bingo from their computer while enjoying a cocktail and cig and still enjoy big cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course betting on on the net could never replace the communal part of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a lot of bingo players with no choice.