Oklahoma has long been interrelated with Bingo. That’s because the Amerindian bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for generations. Clients from many of the surrounding states get in trucks and travel to Oklahoma to gamble on Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act became law after a precedent setting decree by The U.S. Supreme Court the year prior. From that time, twenty three of the 39 Amerindian tribes of Oklahoma have established gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Indian band to take advantage of the gaming restrictions, and today control 10 gambling dens of their very own. Bingo was the game on which the above-mentioned casinos were founded. automated games like slot machines weren’t allowed, because they are thought to contribute to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma law has changed to permit massive Amerindian wagering gambling halls. You’ll now see Indian gambling dens with one armed bandits, video poker and vingt-et-un tables. Craps and roulette are not legal in the American Indian gambling dens as of yet, but that is only a matter of time. No one can say with what having different casino games in the bingo parlors will do for the draw of bingo.
