Much has been written in the press recently regarding the bingo industry struggling as a consequence of the anti cigarette law in Britain. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for massive tax cuts to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. However will the web version of this classic game provide a escape, or might it not compare to its real life peer?

Bingo is an established game generally played by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game lately had experienced a recent resurgence in popularity with younger men and women opting to visit the bingo parlours rather than the discos on a Saturday night. All this is about to be reversed with the enforcement of the anti cigarette law throughout UK.

Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes while marking off their numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public areas will not be permitted to allow smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most popular locations where folks enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo halls. Profits have dropped and the business is literally fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Surely they have not abandoned this enduring game?

The answer is online. Gamblers are now realizing that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and cig and in the end, enjoy huge prizes. This is a recent development and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course playing on the web will never replace the collective aspect of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with no alternative.