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A lot has been reported in the press not long ago regarding the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti cigarette law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big tax cuts to help keep the businesses afloat. However does the online version of this quintessential game present a reprieve, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?

Bingo is an familiar game generally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. However the game of late had experienced a recent comeback in acceptance with younger people opting to go to the bingo parlours rather than the clubs on a weekend. All this is about to be reversed with the legislating of the anti smoking law throughout England and Wales.

No longer will players be allowed to smoke while dabbing numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public area will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most common locations where people enjoy smoking.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo halls. Players have plummeted and the business is literally fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Of course they have not given up on this enduring game?

The answer is on the web. Gamblers realize that they can play bingo from their computer while enjoying a cocktail and cig and in the end, have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the social portion of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the law has left many bingo enthusiasts with little option.