Oklahoma has long been analogous with Bingo. This is because the Native bands of Oklahoma have provided Bingo sessions for generations. Guests from every one of the nearby states load up in vans and travel to Oklahoma to play Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) followed a benchmark decision by The U.S. Supreme Court the year prior. Since that time, 23 of the thirty nine Amerindian bands of Oklahoma have opened gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the 1st Oklahoma Native band to take advantage of the betting laws, and today operate 10 gambling dens of their own. Bingo is the game on which these gambling dens were built on. Electronic games such as slot machine games were not permitted, on the grounds that they’re thought to contribute to gambling addiction at a higher rate than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma law have changed to allow for large Native wagering casinos. You will now find American Indian gambling dens with one armed bandits, video poker and blackjack tables. Craps and roulette are not yet approved in the Amerindian gambling dens as of yet, but this is just a waiting game. Nobody can say with what having different games in the bingo houses will do for the draw of bingo.