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An abundance has been talked in the papers not long ago about the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti smoking law in Britain. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However can the online variation of this classic game provide a salvation, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar peer?

Bingo has been an familiar game generally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. However the game lately had experienced a recent comeback in appeal with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlors rather than the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enforcement of the smoking ban around UK.

No more will players be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most common places where players like to puff on cigarettes.

The effects of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo parlours. Profits have plunged and the industry is literally struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Certainly they haven’t cast aside this established game?

The answer is on the internet. People realise that they can bet on bingo from their computer while enjoying a beer and cig and in the end, enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.

Of course wagering on on the net is unlikely to replace the social portion of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.