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New Mexico has a complex gaming past. When the IGRA was signed by Congress in Nineteen Eighty Nine, it looked like New Mexico might be one of the states to cash in on the Native casino craze. Politics guaranteed that would not be the case.

The New Mexico governor Bruce King announced a working group in 1990 to discuss a contract with New Mexico Indian bands. When the panel arrived at an agreement with 2 prominent local tribes a year later, the Governor declined to sign the agreement. He would hold up a deal until 1994.

When a new governor took over in 1995, it seemed that Native gambling in New Mexico was a certainty. But when Governor Gary Johnson signed the accord with the Amerindian bands, anti-wagering forces were able to hold the deal up in courts. A New Mexico court found that Governor Johnson had out stepped his bounds in signing the compact, therefore denying the state of New Mexico many hundreds of thousands of dollars in licensing fees over the next several years.

It required the Compact Negotiation Act, signed by the New Mexico legislature, to get the ball rolling on a full compact between the State of New Mexico and its American Indian bands. 10 years had been burned for gaming in New Mexico, including Native casino Bingo.

The not for profit Bingo business has increased since 1999. In that year, New Mexico charity game operators acquired only $3,048. This number grew to $725,150 in 2000, and exceeded a million dollars in revenues in 2001. Nonprofit Bingo earnings have grown constantly since that time. 2005 saw the largest year, with $1,233,289 earned by the providers.

Bingo is certainly favored in New Mexico. All sorts of operators look for a slice of the pie. With hope, the politicians are done batting over gaming as an important matter like they did in the 1990's. That is probably hopeful thinking.

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A lot has been stated in the press not long ago regarding the bingo industry struggling as a result of the cigarette ban in Britain. Things have grown so poor that in Scotland the Bingo industry has requested massive aid to assist in keeping the businesses from going bankrupt. But does the net variation of this traditional game offer a reprieve, or might it never compare to its land based relative?

Bingo has been an age old game historically enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game recently had seen a recent comeback in acceptance with younger members of society deciding to hit the bingo halls rather than the clubs on a Friday night. All this is about to be reversed with the legislating of the anti smoking law around United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be able to smoke at the same time marking numbers. Starting in the summer of '07 every public location will not be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo halls, one of the most favored areas where people enjoy smoking.

The results of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where smoking is already banned in the bingo parlors. Profits have plunged and the industry is absolutely fighting for its life. But where have the players gone? Surely they have not abandoned this enduring game?

The answer is on the internet. Players know that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer at the same time enjoying a beverage and smoke and still enjoy big jackpots. This is a recent phenomenon and has happened bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.

Of course wagering on on the internet is unlikely to replace the collective aspect of going down to the bingo parlour, but for a group of players the law has left a number of bingo enthusiasts with no option.