A lot has been talked in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the anti smoking law in Britain. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the industry alive. But does the net variation of this traditional game present a escape, or might it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar kin?

Bingo has been an classic game generally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. However the game lately had experienced a recent increase in popularity with younger people deciding to visit the bingo halls rather than the discos on a weekend. All this is about to change with the enacting of the smoking ban across United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes whilst marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 every public place will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favorite places where people like to puff on cigarettes.

The results of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo parlours. Players have plummeted and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Certainly they haven’t deserted this established game?

The answer is online. Gamblers realize that they can wager on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and fag and in the end, enjoy huge cash rewards. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.

Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of heading down to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.