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A lot has been reported in the press not long ago about the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the cigarette ban in England. Conditions have become so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big tax breaks to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However will the internet variation of this traditional game provide a escape, or will it in no way compare to its land based opposite?

Bingo is an ancient game historically enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. For all that the game of late had undergone a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger people deciding to go to the bingo halls rather than the bars on a Saturday night. All this is about to get flipped on its head with the introduction of the cigarette ban all over UK.

Players will no longer be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. Starting in the summer of 2007 every public area will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlors, one of the most popular locations where folks like to puff on cigarettes.

The results of the smoking ban can already be seen in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo parlors. Players have dropped and the industry is absolutely struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Surely they haven’t forgotten this established game?

The answer is on the net. Gamblers realise that they can participate in bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, enjoy massive jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course gambling on on the web will never replace the collective aspect of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of players the law has left a lot of bingo players with no alternative.

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