Oklahoma has for a long time been interrelated with Bingo. That’s because the Native bands of Oklahoma have operated Bingo sessions for years. Guests from every one of the surrounding states get in autos and head over to Oklahoma to bet on Bingo over the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) was introduced after a benchmark ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court the year prior. Since that time, 23 of the 39 American Indian tribes located in Oklahoma have introduced bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Native band to take advantage of the gaming rules, and today run 10 gambling dens of their very own. Bingo is the game on which these gambling halls were built on. Electronic games like slots were not permitted, because they are thought to lead to gambling dependency at a higher rate than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma law has changed to allow for big Amerindian gambling casinos. You’ll now see Amerindian gambling dens with slot machines, video poker and black jack tables. Craps and roulette are not legal in the Amerindian gambling halls yet, however that is simply a waiting game. Nobody can authority what having different games in the bingo houses will do for the draw of bingo.