Oklahoma has long been interrelated with Bingo. This is due to the fact that the Indian tribes of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for ages. Guests from all of the surrounding states pile in autos and head over to Oklahoma to gamble on Bingo for the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a landmark ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. Since that time, twenty three of the 39 American Indian bands of Oklahoma have introduced gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Indian band to take advantage of the wagering rules, and today run ten gambling halls of their own. Bingo is the game on which these gambling dens were built on. Electronic games such as slots weren’t approved, since they are thought to contribute to gambling addiction at a higher rate than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma law have altered to allow for large Amerindian betting gambling dens. You will now find Native gambling dens with slot machine games, video poker and black jack tables. Craps and roulette are not allowed in the Indian gambling dens as of yet, but that is simply a waiting game. Nobody can say what having other games in the bingo parlors will do for the appeal of bingo.