Oklahoma has for a long time been synonymous with Bingo. That is due to the fact that the Indian bands of Oklahoma have provided Bingo sessions for years. Guests from many of the nearby states load up in passenger cars and travel to Oklahoma to gamble on Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) followed a precedent setting decision by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. From that instance, twenty three of the thirty nine American Indian bands located in Oklahoma have established bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the 1st Oklahoma American Indian band to take advantage of the gambling laws, and at this time run ten gambling halls of their very own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned casinos were built on. automated games such as slot machine games weren’t allowed, because they are thought to lead to gambling problems more than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma law have altered to permit large American Indian wagering casinos. You’ll now see American Indian casinos with one armed bandits, video poker and vingt-et-un tables. Craps and roulette are not yet allowed in the Native gambling halls as of yet, however this is only a waiting game. Nobody can determine whether having different games in the bingo parlors will do for the appeal of bingo.