Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. This is owing to the fact that the American Indian tribes of Oklahoma have provided Bingo sessions for many years. Patrons from all of the surrounding states get in autos and head over to Oklahoma to wager on Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 IGRA followed a landmark decree by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year prior. Since that instance, twenty three of the 39 American Indian tribes of Oklahoma have opened gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Amerindian band to take advantage of the wagering restrictions, and today control 10 gambling halls of their own. Bingo was the game on which the above-mentioned gambling dens were built on. Electronic games such as slot machines were not authorized, due to the fact that they’re believed to lead to gambling dependency at a higher rate than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma rules has changed to allow for enormous American Indian wagering gambling halls. You will now see Indian casinos with slots, video poker and chemin de fer tables. Craps and roulette are still not authorized in the American Indian casinos as of yet, although that is simply a waiting game. Nobody can say whether having other games in the bingo parlors will do for the draw of bingo.