Much has been reported in the papers not long ago concerning the bingo industry struggling because of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive tax cuts to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the web adaptation of this classic game provide a reprieve, or will it never compare to its real life kin?

Bingo is an classic game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game recently had experienced a recent return in popularity with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo halls in place of the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to change with the introduction of the anti smoking law around UK.

Players will no longer be able to smoke while marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public place will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favorite places where folks like to puff on cigarettes.

The results of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlors. Profits have plummeted and the business is literally struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they have not deserted this familiar game?

The answer is on the web. Gamblers know that they can play bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beer and smoke and still enjoy massive jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course wagering on on the net is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of people the rules have left a number of bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.