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An abundance has been stated in the press not long ago regarding the bingo industry struggling because of the anti smoking law in Britain. Conditions have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge tax breaks to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However will the net version of this quintessential game offer a lifeline, or might it never compare to its land based relative?

Bingo is an enduring game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game of late had undergone a recent comeback in appeal with younger people opting to hit the bingo halls rather than the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to change with the introduction of the smoking ban all over Britain.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public places will not be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular places where people like to smoke.

The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo parlours. Profits have plunged and the business is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Certainly they haven’t deserted this familiar game?

The answer is on the net. People realize that they can enjoy bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a drink and fag and in the end, have a chance at huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course wagering on on the internet will never replace the communal portion of going over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of people the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.