A lot has been written in the papers recently concerning the bingo industry struggling because of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive aid to help keep the businesses alive. But does the web adaptation of this traditional game offer a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its land based peer?

Bingo has been an age old game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game of late had seen a recent comeback in appeal with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Saturday night. This is all about to be reversed with the enforcement of the smoking ban across United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be able to smoke while marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public location will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored places where players like to smoke.

The outcome of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo halls. Players have dropped and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Certainly they haven’t forgotten this established game?

The answer is online. Gamblers know that they can bet on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a drink and fag and still enjoy massive jackpots. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course betting on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective portion of going over to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a good many bingo players with little option.