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Oklahoma has for a long time been synonymous with Bingo. That’s because the American Indian tribes of Oklahoma have operated Bingo sessions for ages. Guests from every one of the nearby states pile in autos and travel to Oklahoma to bet on Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) was introduced after a benchmark ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court the year before. From that time, 23 of the thirty nine Indian bands located in Oklahoma have established gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the 1st Oklahoma Indian tribes to take advantage of the gaming rules, and today operate 10 gambling halls of their very own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned casinos were built on. digital games like slot machines were not authorized, on the grounds that they are believed to contribute to gambling problems more than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma law has altered to permit large Indian gambling casinos. You will now see Amerindian gambling halls with slots, video poker and chemin de fer tables. Craps and roulette are not yet allowed in the Amerindian gambling halls as of yet, although this is just a matter of time. Nobody can say what having other casino games in the bingo parlours will do for the appeal of bingo.
