Oklahoma has long been interrelated with Bingo. That’s because the American Indian bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for ages. Clients from each of the neighboring states load up in vehicles and travel into Oklahoma to bet on Bingo for the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) followed a precedent setting ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year prior. From that instance, 23 of the 39 Native tribes located in Oklahoma have opened gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Native band to take advantage of the betting restrictions, and today control ten gambling halls of their own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned gambling dens were founded. Electronic games like slot machine games weren’t approved, owing to the fact that they’re thought to contribute to gambling addiction more than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts has altered to permit gigantic Amerindian betting casinos. You’ll now find Amerindian gambling dens with slots, video poker and twenty-one tables. Craps and roulette are not allowed in the Indian casinos as of yet, although that is only a matter of time. No one can say whether having different casino games in the bingo parlors will do for the popularity of bingo.