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An abundance has been written in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a result of the smoking ban in England. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested big aid to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the net variation of this traditional game provide a lifeline, or will it never compare to its bricks and mortar peer?

Bingo has been an familiar game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. However the game recently had experienced a recent increase in acceptance with younger people opting to visit the bingo parlors in place of the clubs on a Friday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the legislating of the cigarette ban all over UK.

Players will no longer be allowed to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public places will not be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most common areas where many people enjoy smoking.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already not allowed in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plunged and the business is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where have all the players gone? Surely they haven’t forgotten this established game?

The answer is online. People realize that they can enjoy bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a beer and smoke and in the end, have a chance at massive cash rewards. This is a recent anomaly and has happened almost 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 demographic of players the law has left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with no option.