A lot has been reported in the papers just a while ago about the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the smoking ban in the United Kingdom. Things have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax cuts to help keep the industry afloat. But will the online adaptation of this classic game present a salvation, or will it in no way compare to its real life kin?

Bingo has been an classic game generally enjoyed by the "blue haired" generation. Although the game recently had undergone a recent resurgence in appeal with younger men and women opting to hit the bingo parlours instead of the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the enforcement of the anti smoking law throughout Britain.

Players will no longer be allowed to smoke at the same time marking off their numbers. From the summer of ‘07 all public places will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their buildings and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most common areas where players like to smoke.

The results of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plummeted and the industry is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Certainly they haven’t abandoned this familiar game?

The answer is online. Gamblers realise that they can participate in bingo using their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and cig and in the end, have a chance at massive prizes. This is a recent development and has happened almost perfectly with the anti smoking law.

Of course gambling on on the web will never replace the collective aspect of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of people the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with no choice.