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Much has been talked in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling as a result of the anti smoking law in England. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. However can the online variation of this classic game provide a reprieve, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar equivalent?

Bingo is an age old game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game of late had undergone a recent return in appeal with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlours rather than the bars on a weekend. This is all about to change with the introduction of the anti cigarette law all over United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public place will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favored locations where players like to smoke.

The results of the smoking ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlours. Profits have plunged and the business is absolutely fighting for its life. But where have all the players gone? Certainly they haven’t forgotten this enduring game?

The answer is on the internet. People realize that they can wager on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and cigarette and in the end, have a chance at big jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course gambling on on the net will never replace the collective portion of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of people the rules have left a good many bingo enthusiasts with little alternative.

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