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An abundance has been talked in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the anti smoking law in the UK. Things have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for massive aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But does the net version of this traditional game provide a lifeline, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar peer?

Bingo has been an ancient game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game lately had undergone a recent comeback in acceptance with younger people deciding to go to the bingo halls in place of the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to be reversed with the introduction of the cigarette ban across Britain.

Players will no longer be permitted to smoke whilst marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public place will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favorite places where folks like to puff on cigarettes.

The outcome of the anti smoking law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo halls. Profits have plummeted and the business is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Obviously they have not abandoned this classic game?

The answer is on the internet. People realize that they can gamble on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and fag and still enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course betting on on the net will never replace the communal part of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the law has left a good many bingo enthusiasts with no option.