Oklahoma has long been analogous with Bingo. This is owing to the fact that the Indian tribes of Oklahoma have operated Bingo games for decades. Guests from many of the neighboring states get in autos and visit Oklahoma to wager on Bingo for the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) became law after a landmark decree by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. Since that time, twenty three of the 39 Amerindian bands of Oklahoma have established gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma American Indian tribes to take advantage of the gambling restrictions, and at this time control ten gambling halls of their own. Bingo was the game on which these gambling dens were built on. Electronic games like one armed bandits weren’t approved, owing to the fact that they are thought to lead to gambling dependency more than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts has changed to allow for massive Amerindian wagering gambling halls. You will now find American Indian gambling dens with slots, video poker and 21 tables. Craps and roulette are not legal in the Native casinos yet, but that is only a waiting game. Nobody can say what having other casino games in the bingo parlours will do for the draw of bingo.
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