Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. This is due to the fact that the Native tribes of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for decades. Clients from each of the nearby states load up in automobiles and visit Oklahoma to wager on Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act became law after a landmark decree by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. Since that instance, twenty three of the thirty nine Indian tribes located in Oklahoma have introduced bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Amerindian 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 halls were built on. Electronic games like slot machines weren’t permitted, since they’re believed to lead to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma governing edicts have altered to allow for gigantic American Indian gambling gambling halls. You will now find Indian casinos with slots, video poker and blackjack tables. Craps and roulette are not yet legal in the Amerindian gambling halls yet, but this is simply a waiting game. No one can say whether having different casino games in the bingo houses will do for the draw of bingo.
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