An abundance has been written in the press just a while ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a result of the cigarette ban in Britain. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive tax breaks to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the web adaptation of this classic game provide a reprieve, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar relative?

Bingo has been an age old game normally played by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game lately had undergone a recent increase in appeal with younger members of society opting to visit the bingo parlors rather than the clubs on a weekend. This is all about to change with the enforcement of the cigarette ban around Britain.

No more will gamblers be allowed to puff on cigarettes while dabbing numbers. From the summer of ‘07 every public area will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their buildings and this includes Bingo halls, which are possibly the most common places where folks enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo parlours. Profits have plunged and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Of course they haven’t forgotten this familiar game?

The answer is on the internet. Gamblers realize that they can enjoy bingo using their computer while enjoying a drink and fag and in the end, enjoy massive prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the anti smoking law.

Of course wagering on online is unlikely to replace the social portion of heading over to the bingo hall, but for a group of men and women the law has left a number of bingo players with no choice.