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A lot has been written in the press recently regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti smoking law in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive tax cuts to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However does the internet adaptation of this quintessential game present a escape, or might it not compare to its real life equivalent?

Bingo has been an familiar game historically played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently had experienced a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to go to the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a weekend. This is all about to change with the enacting of the smoking ban all over England and Wales.

Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 all public locations will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most popular locations where folks like to smoke.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already banned in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Of course they haven’t given up on this ancient game?

The answer is on the internet. Players realize that they can participate in bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a drink and cigarette and still enjoy monstrous prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course playing online is unlikely to replace the social portion of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the rules have left a good many bingo players with no option.

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