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An abundance has been written in the press recently regarding the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the anti smoking law in Britain. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses afloat. But does the web variation of this traditional game provide a reprieve, or might it in no way compare to its land based equivalent?

Bingo has been an enduring game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game lately had experienced a recent resurgence in popularity with younger members of society opting to hit the bingo parlors in place of the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to change with the introduction of the smoking ban all over Britain.

No more will gamblers be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public areas will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored places where people enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo parlors. Numbers have dropped and the business is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Of course they have not given up on this established game?

The answer is on the internet. Gamblers realise that they can bet on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a beer and fag and still enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course betting on on the internet can never replace the communal part of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left many bingo players with no alternative.

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