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A lot has been talked in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the anti smoking law in Britain. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. But will the internet variation of this traditional game provide a escape, or might it not compare to its real life relative?

Bingo has been an established game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game lately had experienced a recent return in appeal with younger people opting to go to the bingo parlours rather than the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the introduction of the smoking ban around United Kingdom.

No longer will enthusiasts be permitted to puff on cigarettes while marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular places where many people like to smoke.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo halls. Profits have dropped and the industry is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Certainly they have not deserted this familiar game?

The answer is on the web. People realise that they can participate in bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and cigarette and still have a chance at huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.

Of course gambling on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective part of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.

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