Oklahoma has for a long time been interrelated with Bingo. That is because the Native tribes of Oklahoma have operated Bingo sessions for many years. Guests from many of the neighboring states load up in passenger cars and travel into Oklahoma to gamble on Bingo over the weekends.
The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act became law after a precedent setting decree by The U.S. Supreme Court just the prior year. Since that instance, 23 of the 39 American Indian tribes located in Oklahoma have established bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Amerindian tribes to take advantage of the gaming rules, and today run 10 gambling dens of their own. Bingo was the game on which these casinos were built on. computerized games like one armed bandits weren’t permitted, on the grounds that they are thought to contribute to gambling dependency at a higher rate than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma law has altered to allow for gigantic Native wagering gambling halls. You will now find Native gambling halls with one armed bandits, video poker and chemin de fer tables. Craps and roulette are not legal in the Indian gambling dens as of yet, although that is only a matter of time. No one can authority what having different games in the bingo houses will do for the popularity of bingo.