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An abundance has been written in the papers just a while ago concerning the bingo industry struggling as a result of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge tax breaks to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But can the net adaptation of this quintessential game present a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar peer?

Bingo is an classic game usually enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game lately had undergone a recent resurgence in popularity with younger people opting to hit the bingo parlours rather than the bars on a weekend. This is all about to be reversed with the enacting of the smoking ban throughout United Kingdom.

No longer will players be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public place will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most favored areas where players like to puff on cigarettes.

The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be seen in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo parlors. Profits have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for its life. But where have the players gone? Obviously they have not forgotten this ancient game?

The answer is online. People realise that they can gamble on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and smoke and in the end, enjoy monstrous cash rewards. This is a recent development and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course playing on the internet could never replace the communal aspect of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a number of bingo players with little alternative.