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A lot has been reported in the press recently regarding the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the anti cigarette law in England. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax breaks to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. But can the online version of this classic game offer a lifeline, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar kin?

Bingo is an familiar game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game recently had witnessed a recent resurgence in popularity with younger members of society opting to hit the bingo halls in place of the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the anti smoking law throughout UK.

No more will gamblers be able to puff on cigarettes while marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular areas where players enjoy smoking.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo parlours. Players have plunged and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Certainly they have not given up on this classic game?

The answer is on the net. Players are now realizing that they can enjoy bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course playing online is unlikely to replace the collective part of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of men and women the law has left a number of bingo players with no option.

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