Oklahoma has for a long time been interrelated with Bingo. This is because the Native tribes of Oklahoma have operated Bingo sessions for years. Clients from each of the neighboring states load up in passenger cars and travel into Oklahoma to bet on Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was introduced after a precedent setting ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. Since that instance, twenty three of the 39 Native bands of Oklahoma have opened bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Native tribes to take advantage of the wagering restrictions, and at this time operate ten casinos of their own. Bingo is the game on which these gambling dens were founded. Electronic games such as slots were not authorized, since they are believed to lead to gambling problems more than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma governing edicts have changed to permit gigantic Indian gambling casinos. You will now find American Indian gambling dens with slot machine games, video poker and chemin de fer tables. Craps and roulette are still not approved in the American Indian gambling dens as of yet, although that is just a waiting game. Nobody can determine whether having different games in the bingo houses will do for the draw of bingo.