Bingo and Oklahoma: Two birds of a feather
September 20th, 2019 by Kaylynn
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Oklahoma has for a long time been synonymous with Bingo. That is owing to the fact that the Indian bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo sessions for ages. Patrons from each of the nearby states pile in cars and visit Oklahoma to wager on Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was introduced after a benchmark determination by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year prior. Since that time, 23 of the thirty nine American Indian bands located in Oklahoma have established gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Indian tribes to take advantage of the gaming laws, and at this time run ten casinos of their very own. Bingo was the game on which these casinos were built on. digital games such as one armed bandits weren’t allowed, owing to the fact that they are believed to contribute to gambling addiction at a higher rate than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts have altered to allow for massive Native gaming casinos. You’ll now see Amerindian gambling dens with slot machine games, video poker and vingt-et-un tables. Craps and roulette are not legal in the Amerindian gambling dens yet, but this is only a waiting game. No one can say with what having different games in the bingo houses will do for the appeal of bingo.
