Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. This is because the Indian bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for decades. Clients from each of the surrounding states pile in autos and head over to Oklahoma to wager on Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was introduced after a landmark decision by The U.S. Supreme Court just the prior year. From that time, 23 of the thirty nine Indian tribes located in Oklahoma have opened gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Indian tribes to take advantage of the gaming rules, and today operate ten gambling dens of their very own. Bingo was the game on which these casinos were built on. Electronic games like slots were not permitted, since they’re believed to lead to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma law has altered to permit large Native gaming casinos. You’ll now see Indian casinos with one armed bandits, video poker and 21 tables. Craps and roulette are still not legal in the American Indian casinos yet, however this is simply a matter of time. No one can say whether having different games in the bingo parlors will do for the popularity of bingo.
