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A lot has been written in the press just a while ago concerning the bingo industry being hurt because of the cigarette ban in the United Kingdom. Conditions have grown so bad that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive tax breaks to assist in keeping the businesses alive. However will the net variation of this classic game present a escape, or might it in no way compare to its land based equivalent?

Bingo is an familiar game usually enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game of late had experienced a recent return in appeal with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo parlours instead of the clubs on a weekend. This is all about to change with the legislating of the cigarette ban around England and Wales.

Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of 2007 all public places will no longer be allowed to permit smoking in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favored areas where folks enjoy smoking.

The results of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already prohibited in the bingo parlors. Players have plummeted and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did all the players go? Obviously they have not deserted this age old game?

The answer is on the internet. Gamblers realise that they can bet on bingo from their computer whilst enjoying a cocktail and cig and in the end, enjoy massive prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course playing online will never replace the social part of going over to the bingo hall, but for a demographic of people the rules have left many bingo enthusiasts with no alternative.

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