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Much has been reported in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the cigarette ban in England. Things have become so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to help keep the industry alive. However will the net variation of this quintessential game provide a salvation, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar peer?

Bingo has been an age old game historically played by the "blue haired" generation. In any case the game of late had witnessed a recent comeback in popularity with younger men and women deciding to visit the bingo parlours rather than the clubs on a weekend. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the smoking ban around England and Wales.

No longer will gamblers be permitted to smoke whilst marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public area will not be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, which are possibly the most popular places where folks enjoy smoking.

The effects of the smoking ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already not permitted in the bingo halls. Players have dropped and the industry is literally struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Certainly they have not abandoned this familiar game?

The answer is on the internet. People are now realizing that they can participate in bingo using their computer while enjoying a cocktail and cigarette and still have a chance at huge cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course playing on the web is unlikely to replace the communal aspect of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of men and women the law has left many bingo players with no alternative.