Oklahoma has for a long time been synonymous with Bingo. That is owing to the fact that the Indian bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for years. Clients from many of the neighboring states pile in vehicles and travel to Oklahoma to play Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a precedent setting determination by The U.S. Supreme Court the year before. From that instance, twenty three of the thirty nine Native tribes of Oklahoma have opened bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Amerindian tribes to take advantage of the gambling laws, and at this time run 10 gambling dens of their very own. Bingo was the game on which these gambling halls were founded. Electronic games such as slot machines were not authorized, since they are thought to contribute to gambling addiction at a higher rate than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma law have changed to permit gigantic Native wagering casinos. You will now see Amerindian casinos with slot machine games, video poker and vingt-et-un tables. Craps and roulette are not legal in the American Indian casinos as of yet, although that is only a waiting game. Nobody can say with what having different games in the bingo parlours will do for the appeal of bingo.