Much has been talked in the press just a while ago about the bingo industry being hit because of the cigarette ban in Britain. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big tax cuts to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However can the net variation of this quintessential game provide a lifeline, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar peer?

Bingo has been an established game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game lately had witnessed a recent return in popularity with younger men and women deciding to hit the bingo halls in place of the discos on a Saturday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the cigarette ban throughout England and Wales.

No longer will enthusiasts be able to puff on cigarettes while marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public area will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most popular locations where people like to puff on cigarettes.

The results of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo halls. Players have plummeted and the industry is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Obviously they have not cast aside this familiar game?

The answer is on the net. Players know that they can enjoy bingo using their computer while enjoying a drink and cigarette and in the end, enjoy massive jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself almost perfectly with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course betting on online is unlikely to replace the communal part of going down to the bingo hall, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left many bingo enthusiasts with no option.