An abundance has been stated in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti cigarette law in England. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. However will the web adaptation of this quintessential game offer a salvation, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar kin?

Bingo is an established game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game of late had seen a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger members of society opting to go to the bingo parlours instead of the clubs on a weekend. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enforcement of the cigarette ban across England and Wales.

Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favorite locations where folks like to puff on cigarettes.

The effects of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo parlors. Players have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Of course they have not forgotten this age old game?

The answer is on the net. People know that they can gamble on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and fag and in the end, enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course playing on the net can never replace the communal portion of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with no choice.