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A lot has been written in the papers recently about the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the smoking ban in Britain. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge aid to help keep the businesses alive. But can the online variation of this traditional game present a reprieve, or will it never compare to its real life kin?

Bingo has been an enduring game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game of late had undergone a recent resurgence in appeal with younger people deciding to hit the bingo parlours in place of the discos on a Saturday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the anti cigarette law all over England and Wales.

No longer will enthusiasts be allowed to puff on cigarettes whilst marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public areas will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular areas where people like to puff on cigarettes.

The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlors. Players have dropped and the industry is literally struggling for its life. But where have all the players gone? Of course they haven’t forgotten this enduring game?

The answer is online. Gamblers realise that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer while enjoying a cocktail and smoke and in the end, have a chance at monstrous jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on smoking.

Of course playing on the internet is unlikely to replace the communal part of going over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little option.

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