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An abundance has been talked in the press not long ago concerning the bingo industry being hit as a result of the smoking ban in England. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge aid to help keep the businesses afloat. However does the internet variation of this traditional game present a salvation, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?

Bingo is an established game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game recently had experienced a recent resurgence in popularity with younger members of society opting to hit the bingo parlors in place of the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the anti cigarette law across England and Wales.

No more will gamblers be allowed to smoke whilst marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public place will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most common locations where players like to smoke.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already not permitted in the bingo parlors. Profits have plunged and the industry is literally struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Obviously they have not cast aside this age old game?

The answer is on the internet. People realize that they can bet on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and fag and still enjoy monstrous prizes. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.

Of course gambling on on the web is unlikely to replace the communal portion of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with no alternative.

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