Oklahoma has long been interrelated with Bingo. That is owing to the fact that the Native tribes of Oklahoma have operated Bingo sessions for ages. Guests from many of the surrounding states load up in trucks and visit Oklahoma to gamble on Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 IGRA followed a precedent setting ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year prior. Since that time, 23 of the 39 Indian bands of Oklahoma have established gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Indian band to take advantage of the gaming restrictions, and today control 10 gambling halls of their own. Bingo was the game on which these gambling halls were built on. digital games such as slot machine games were not allowed, since they are believed to contribute to gambling dependency at a higher rate than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma law have altered to permit large Indian gaming gambling dens. You will now see Native gambling dens with slots, video poker and black jack tables. Craps and roulette are not approved in the American Indian casinos yet, however this is just a matter of time. Nobody can say with what having other games in the bingo parlors will do for the draw of bingo.