A lot has been stated in the press not long ago about the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the smoking ban in Britain. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to help keep the businesses afloat. However does the web adaptation of this traditional game provide a escape, or might it not compare to its real life opposite?

Bingo has been an age old game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game of late had undergone a recent return in popularity with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo parlours in place of the clubs on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enacting of the cigarette ban around United Kingdom.

No longer will players be permitted to smoke while dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public location will not be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most favored places where players like to smoke.

The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already illegal in the bingo halls. Profits have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Of course they have not abandoned this enduring game?

The answer is on the web. Players realize that they can gamble on bingo from their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and fag and in the end, have a chance at massive prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened just about perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course betting on on the internet could never replace the communal portion of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the rules have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little option.