Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. This is due to the fact that the Amerindian tribes of Oklahoma have operated Bingo games for generations. Guests from many of the nearby states get in cars and travel into Oklahoma to bet on Bingo over the weekends.
The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act became law after a landmark ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court the year prior. Since that time, twenty three of the 39 American Indian tribes of Oklahoma have introduced gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma American Indian band to take advantage of the gaming rules, and today control 10 gambling halls of their own. Bingo is the game on which these casinos were founded. computerized games like one armed bandits weren’t approved, owing to the fact that they’re thought to contribute to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma law have altered to allow for massive American Indian betting gambling halls. You’ll now find Amerindian gambling halls with slot machine games, video poker and vingt-et-un tables. Craps and roulette are not approved in the Amerindian gambling halls as of yet, although that is just a waiting game. Nobody can say whether having other games in the bingo parlors will do for the draw of bingo.
