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A lot has been stated in the press recently about the bingo industry being hurt because of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Conditions have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to help keep the industry from going bankrupt. However can the online version of this traditional game offer a escape, or might it never compare to its real life peer?

Bingo is an familiar game generally played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game lately had experienced a recent increase in appeal with younger people opting to go to the bingo parlors instead of the discos on a Saturday night. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the enacting of the anti smoking law all over England and Wales.

Players will no longer be permitted to puff on cigarettes at the same time dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public area will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most favorite places where folks enjoy smoking.

The effects of the cigarette ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already not allowed in the bingo halls. Profits have plummeted and the business is absolutely fighting for its life. But where have the players gone? Of course they haven’t given up on this ancient game?

The answer is on the web. People are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beverage and fag and in the end, enjoy huge jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti cigarette law.

Of course playing on the internet will never replace the communal portion of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of players the rules have left a number of bingo players with no choice.

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