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A lot has been reported in the press recently regarding the bingo industry being hit as a result of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested huge tax breaks to help keep the businesses afloat. However will the online adaptation of this quintessential game offer a salvation, or will it not compare to its real life kin?

Bingo has been an familiar game normally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game recently had seen a recent comeback in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo halls instead of the bars on a Friday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the anti smoking law throughout Britain.

No longer will gamblers be able to smoke whilst marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 all public areas will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most common areas where people enjoy smoking.

The results of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already prohibited in the bingo parlours. Numbers have dropped and the industry is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Obviously they haven’t deserted this enduring game?

The answer is on the web. Players are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo from their computer while enjoying a beverage and cigarette and still have a chance at massive jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course betting on on the net is unlikely to replace the communal part of going down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a number of bingo players with no option.