Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. That’s owing to the fact that the Native tribes of Oklahoma have operated Bingo sessions for ages. Clients from all of the nearby states pile in vehicles and head over to Oklahoma to gamble on Bingo over the weekends.
The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act became law after a precedent setting decision by The U.S. Supreme Court the year before. From that time, twenty three of the 39 Indian bands located in Oklahoma have opened gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma American Indian band to take advantage of the gaming rules, and at this time operate ten casinos of their very own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned casinos were founded. computerized games such as one armed bandits were not authorized, since they’re thought to contribute to gambling problems more than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma law has changed to allow for big Indian betting gambling halls. You will now see Amerindian gambling halls with slot machines, video poker and chemin de fer tables. Craps and roulette are still not approved in the American Indian gambling dens yet, but this is only a matter of time. Nobody can determine what having different games in the bingo houses will do for the appeal of bingo.