A lot has been reported in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry singing the blues as a result of the anti cigarette law in England. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded huge tax cuts to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However does the web version of this traditional game offer a salvation, or will it not compare to its bricks and mortar kin?

Bingo is an familiar game usually played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game lately had undergone a recent return in acceptance with younger people opting to hit the bingo parlours in place of the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the legislating of the cigarette ban across UK.

Players will no longer be allowed to smoke whilst marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 every public location will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favorite locations where players enjoy smoking.

The results of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo parlours. Profits have plummeted and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Obviously they have not given up on this established game?

The answer is on the web. Players are now realizing that they can play bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and smoke and still have a chance at monstrous prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course playing on the web is unlikely to replace the social part of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the law has left a lot of bingo players with no choice.