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An abundance has been reported in the press recently concerning the bingo industry being hit as a result of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However can the web variation of this traditional game provide a lifeline, or will it not compare to its real life peer?

Bingo is an enduring game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game recently had undergone a recent increase in acceptance with younger people opting to go to the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the anti cigarette law all over United Kingdom.

No more will enthusiasts be able to smoke whilst dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most popular places where people like to smoke.

The results of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlours. Players have dropped and the business is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Certainly they haven’t deserted this established game?

The answer is on the net. Gamblers know that they can wager on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and fag and still enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course playing on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of going over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a number of bingo enthusiasts with no option.

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