Oklahoma has for a long time been synonymous with Bingo. That is owing to the fact that the Indian tribes of Oklahoma have run Bingo sessions for ages. Clients from all of the nearby states load up in automobiles and travel to Oklahoma to gamble on Bingo over the weekends.
The 1988 IGRA was introduced after a landmark determination by The U.S. Supreme Court the year prior. Since that time, twenty three of the thirty nine American Indian tribes of Oklahoma have opened gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Native tribes to take advantage of the betting rules, and at this time run 10 gambling dens of their own. Bingo was the game on which the above-mentioned gambling halls were founded. Electronic games like slots weren’t allowed, because they’re believed to contribute to gambling addiction more than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma law have changed to permit large Native gaming gambling halls. You will now find Indian gambling halls with slot machine games, video poker and 21 tables. Craps and roulette are not legal in the Native gambling halls yet, however that is simply a waiting game. Nobody can determine what having other games in the bingo parlors will do for the popularity of bingo.