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A lot has been written in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax cuts to help keep the industry alive. However does the net version of this traditional game provide a escape, or might it never compare to its real life equivalent?

Bingo has been an age old game generally played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had witnessed a recent resurgence in popularity with younger people deciding to hit the bingo parlors instead of the clubs on a weekend. This is all about to change with the enforcement of the anti cigarette law around UK.

Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most common places where players like to smoke.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo halls. Players have dropped and the industry is absolutely struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Obviously they haven’t abandoned this familiar game?

The answer is on the internet. Players are now realizing that they can play bingo from their computer while enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, enjoy big prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course betting on on the internet could never replace the collective portion of going over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the law has left a good many bingo players with no alternative.