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An abundance has been written in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the smoking ban in the UK. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However can the internet adaptation of this traditional game present a reprieve, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar relative?

Bingo has been an established game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game recently had experienced a recent return in appeal with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlors in place of the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the legislating of the smoking ban around UK.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke while marking off their numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most popular locations where players enjoy smoking.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already forbidden in the bingo parlours. Players have plunged and the industry is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Obviously they have not cast aside this age old game?

The answer is on the net. Players know that they can play bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and cig and in the end, have a chance at huge prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course playing online is unlikely to replace the collective part of heading over to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of players the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with little alternative.