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A lot has been stated in the press recently regarding the bingo industry being hit as a result of the smoking ban in Britain. Things have grown so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for big aid to help keep the industry alive. However can the online version of this quintessential game offer a reprieve, or will it in no way compare to its bricks and mortar kin?

Bingo has been an enduring game usually played by the "blue haired" generation. For all that the game of late had experienced a recent return in acceptance with younger men and women opting to go to the bingo parlors rather than the discos on a weekend. This is all about to get flipped on its head with the legislating of the anti cigarette law throughout England and Wales.

No longer will enthusiasts be able to smoke while marking numbers. Starting in the summer of ‘07 every public area will no longer be permitted to allow smoking in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most common locations where folks enjoy smoking.

The outcome of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where smoking is already barred in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plummeted and the industry is absolutely fighting for to stay alive. But where did the players go? Obviously they have not cast aside this age old game?

The answer is on the net. Players realize that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and smoke and still have a chance at massive jackpots. This is a recent development and has happened just about perfectly with the ban on smoking.

Of course wagering on on the web is unlikely to replace the communal portion of heading down to the bingo parlor, but for a demographic of men and women the governing edicts have left a good many bingo players with little option.

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New Mexico has a complex gaming history. When the IGRA was signed by Congress in 1989, it seemed like New Mexico might be one of the states to get on the Native casino bandwagon. Politics guaranteed that wouldn’t be the case.

The New Mexico governor Bruce King announced a working group in Nineteen Ninety to draft a compact with New Mexico Indian tribes. When the panel arrived at an accord with 2 big local tribes a year later, the Governor declined to sign the agreement. He would hold up a deal until Nineteen Ninety Four.

When a new governor took office in 1995, it appeared that Native gambling in New Mexico was a certainty. But when Governor Gary Johnson passed the compact with the Indian bands, anti-gambling forces were able to hold the contract up in courts. A New Mexico court found that the Governor had overstepped his bounds in signing the accord, therefore costing the state of New Mexico many hundreds of thousands of dollars in licensing fees over the next several years.

It took the CNA, passed by the New Mexico legislature, to get the process moving on a full contract amongst the State of New Mexico and its Native tribes. Ten years had been lost for gambling in New Mexico, including Native casino Bingo.

The nonprofit Bingo industry has increased since 1999. In that year, New Mexico not for profit game operators brought in only $3,048 in revenues. That climbed to $725,150 in 2000, and passed a million dollars in 2001. Not for profit Bingo earnings have increased steadily since then. 2005 witnessed the largest year, with $1,233,289 earned by the operators.

Bingo is apparently favored in New Mexico. All kinds of owners look for a slice of the pie. Hopefully, the politicos are done batting over gaming as a hot button issue like they did back in the 1990’s. That’s probably wishful thinking.