Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. That’s due to the fact that the Indian tribes of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for ages. Clients from all of the surrounding states load up in cars and visit Oklahoma to bet on Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) followed a landmark ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year prior. From that time, 23 of the thirty nine Indian tribes of Oklahoma have introduced bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Native tribes to take advantage of the wagering restrictions, and today run 10 casinos of their own. Bingo was the game on which these gambling halls were founded. Electronic games such as slot machines were not authorized, on the grounds that they are thought to lead to gambling addiction at a higher rate than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts have changed to allow for massive Amerindian gambling casinos. You will now find Native gambling halls with slots, video poker and blackjack tables. Craps and roulette are not authorized in the American Indian gambling dens as of yet, although that is just a waiting game. No one can say with what having different games in the bingo parlours will do for the draw of bingo.
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