Oklahoma has long been analogous with Bingo. That is due to the fact that the Native tribes of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for ages. Guests from all of the surrounding states pile in cars and visit Oklahoma to gamble on Bingo over the weekends.
The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a precedent setting ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. Since that time, twenty three of the 39 Native bands located in Oklahoma have opened gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Native band to take advantage of the gaming rules, and at this time control ten gambling dens of their very own. Bingo is the game on which these gambling halls were founded. Electronic games such as slot machines were not authorized, on the grounds that they are thought to lead to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma governing edicts has altered to permit large Amerindian betting casinos. You’ll now see Native casinos with slot machines, video poker and 21 tables. Craps and roulette are not yet approved in the Native gambling halls yet, however that is just a matter of time. Nobody can determine whether having other games in the bingo houses will do for the appeal of bingo.
