Oklahoma has long been interrelated with Bingo. That is owing to the fact that the Amerindian tribes of Oklahoma have operated Bingo games for years. Guests from each of the neighboring states get in vehicles and head over to Oklahoma to enjoy Bingo over the weekends.
The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a landmark determination by The U.S. Supreme Court the year prior. From that time, twenty three of the thirty nine Indian bands located in Oklahoma have opened gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Indian band to take advantage of the gambling laws, and at this time operate 10 gambling halls of their own. Bingo is the game on which these gambling dens were founded. automated games such as slot machines weren’t approved, on the grounds that they are believed to contribute to gambling addiction at a higher rate than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts have changed to permit gigantic Indian betting gambling halls. You will now discover Native casinos with slot machines, video poker and 21 tables. Craps and roulette are not legal in the American Indian casinos as of yet, although that is simply a matter of time. Nobody can say what having other games in the bingo parlors will do for the appeal of bingo.