An abundance has been talked in the papers not long ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a result of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for big aid to help keep the industry afloat. But can the online version of this traditional game provide a lifeline, or will it never compare to its real life opposite?

Bingo is an classic game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game recently had undergone a recent return in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to visit the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the enforcement of the anti smoking law around UK.

Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most common areas where people enjoy smoking.

The results of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the business is literally struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Surely they haven’t abandoned this classic game?

The answer is on the web. People realize that they can play bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and cig and still have a chance at monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course wagering on on the web will never replace the collective portion of going down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a lot of bingo players with little choice.