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Much has been written in the press not long ago regarding the bingo industry being hurt as a consequence of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to help keep the industry alive. However will the web version of this classic game provide a reprieve, or might it in no way compare to its real life equivalent?

Bingo has been an ancient game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game of late had witnessed a recent increase in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the legislating of the smoking ban throughout Britain.

Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored areas where many people enjoy smoking.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo halls. Numbers have dropped and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where did the players go? Certainly they have not abandoned this classic game?

The answer is online. People know that they can bet on bingo using their computer while enjoying a beverage and smoke and in the end, have a chance at huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.

Of course gambling on on the net is unlikely to replace the collective part of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of men and women the law has left a number of bingo players with no alternative.

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