2010
01.10

Bingo in New Mexico

New Mexico has a complex gambling past. When the IGRA was signed by Congress in 1989, it looked like New Mexico would be one of the states to cash in on the Native casino bandwagon. Politics guaranteed that wouldn’t be the situation.

The New Mexico governor Bruce King announced a panel in 1990 to draft a compact with New Mexico Native tribes. When the task force came to an accord with two big local bands a year later, the Governor 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 gambling in New Mexico was now a certainty. But when the new Governor signed the accord with the American Indian tribes, anti-wagering forces were able to hold the accord up in the courts. A New Mexico court ruled that the Governor had out stepped his bounds in signing the accord, thereby denying the state of New Mexico many hundreds of thousands of dollars in licensing revenues over the next several years.

It took the CNA, signed by the New Mexico government, to get the process moving on a full contract amongst the Government of New Mexico and its American Indian bands. 10 years had been lost for gaming in New Mexico, including American Indian casino Bingo.

The nonprofit Bingo industry has gotten bigger since Nineteen Ninety-Nine. That year, New Mexico non-profit game operators brought in only $3,048. This number grew to $725,150 in 2000, and exceeded one million dollars in 2001. Non-profit Bingo earnings have grown constantly since that time. Two Thousand and Five saw the biggest year, with $1,233,289 earned by the providers.

Bingo is certainly beloved in New Mexico. All types of providers try for a slice of the action. Hopefully, the politicos are through batting over gambling as a hot button factor like they did back in the 90’s. That is most likely hopeful thinking.

2010
01.10

Cash in on My Gaming Mistakes

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I have been wagering online or at real life casinos for a good many years. I have learned, the craving is able to take a hold of you and you won’t even realize it up till you are beaten. Markedly if you are on a profit streak. I have gone through countless tens of thousands of clams in a very tiny period of time and even today, I can go a bit too long. It feels like you are just enjoying yourself up till you choose to contemplate your losses and the blame settles in, and then you continue advising yourself "I am able to win it back" repeatedly. It does not work. Then you get icky in your gut and the more you try the quicker you relinquish.

When you see that you are ahead, STAY Ahead! When you start to fritter away, do not tell yourself, "well just 1 more" over and over again, believe me, this technique barely ever works. Say you plan on wagering on slot machine games, keep a pot separate ahead of beginning your action. DO NOT go over this range, no matter how tempting. If you happen to gain, put that in a different cup. Don’t wager your earnings at any cost. After you have played through your initial set range, stop. Depart, regardless if it is on the net or in a brick and mortar gambling den, don’t stay around. At all times remember, there certainly is another day, another time. Clearly, this process usually will work for any casino game that you gamble on, be it bingo, poker, electronic poker, keno, twenty-one or any other game.

Remember, betting should be entertaining not burdensome, nauseating work! If you aren’t having fun yourself, you do not belong there. If you cannot pay for the losses, don’t even start.