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Much has been reported in the press not long ago concerning the bingo industry singing the blues as a consequence of the anti smoking law in the UK. Conditions have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has asked for huge aid to assist in keeping the industry from going bankrupt. But will the online adaptation of this traditional game offer a reprieve, or might it not compare to its bricks and mortar kin?

Bingo is an age old game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game recently had seen a recent return in popularity with younger men and women deciding to go to the bingo parlors instead of the clubs on a Saturday night. All this is about to be destroyed with the enforcement of the anti smoking law throughout England and Wales.

Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public place will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlors, which are possibly the most favored locations where many people like to puff on cigarettes.

The results of the smoking ban can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already barred in the bingo halls. Players have dropped and the business is beyond a doubt fighting for its life. But where did all the players go? Certainly they have not cast aside this age old game?

The answer is online. People are now realizing that they can bet on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and smoke and still have a chance at big prizes. This is a recent phenomenon and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course playing online will never replace the collective portion of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with little choice.