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A lot has been reported in the papers recently concerning the bingo industry being hit as a consequence of the smoking ban in England. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded massive tax cuts to assist in keeping the industry afloat. However will the internet adaptation of this classic game provide a salvation, or might it never compare to its bricks and mortar peer?

Bingo has been an familiar game historically played by the "blue haired" generation. However the game lately had seen a recent comeback in appeal with younger members of society opting to hit the bingo parlours rather than the clubs on a Saturday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the legislating of the anti smoking law across Britain.

No more will enthusiasts be able to puff on cigarettes at the same time marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of 2007 all public locations will no longer be allowed to permit cigarettes in their locations and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favored places where players like to puff on cigarettes.

The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be felt in Scotland where cigarettes are already illegal in the bingo parlors. Numbers have plunged and the industry is beyond a doubt struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Certainly they have not deserted this classic game?

The answer is on the net. Gamblers realise that they can participate in bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a cocktail and fag and still have a chance at huge prizes. This is a recent anomaly and has timed itself almost perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course playing on the web will never replace the collective aspect of going over to the bingo hall, but for a group of players the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo players with little option.

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New Mexico has a rocky gaming background. When the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was signed by Congress in Nineteen Eighty Nine, it seemed like New Mexico would be one of the states to cash in on the Amerindian casino craze. Politics guaranteed that wouldn’t be the case.

The New Mexico governor Bruce King announced a task force in 1990 to negotiate a contract with New Mexico American Indian bands. When the task force arrived at an agreement with 2 big local bands a year later, Governor King declined to sign the agreement. He held up a deal until 1994.

When a new governor took over in Nineteen Ninety Five, it appeared that Native gaming in New Mexico was now a certainty. But when the new Governor signed the contract with the Amerindian tribes, anti-gaming forces were able to tie the accord up in courts. A New Mexico court found that Governor Johnson had overstepped his bounds in signing the deal, thereby denying the state of New Mexico many hundreds of thousands of dollars in licensing revenues over the next several years.

It took the Compact Negotiation Act, signed by the New Mexico house, to get the process moving on a full contract amongst the State of New Mexico and its Indian tribes. 10 years had been lost for gambling in New Mexico, which includes Amerindian casino Bingo.

The nonprofit Bingo industry has gotten bigger from Nineteen Ninety-Nine. That year, New Mexico charity game providers brought in just $3,048. This number grew to $725,150 in 2000, and passed one million dollars in revenues in 2001. Non-profit Bingo earnings have increased constantly since then. Two Thousand and Five witnessed the largest year, with $1,233,289 grossed by the operators.

Bingo is categorically beloved in New Mexico. All sorts of owners try for a piece of the pie. With hope, the politicos are done batting around gaming as a hot button issue like they did in the 90’s. That’s probably wishful thinking.