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Oklahoma has for a long time been synonymous with Bingo. That’s owing to the fact that the Amerindian tribes of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for decades. Clients from each of the surrounding states load up in vans and travel into Oklahoma to play Bingo for the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) followed a precedent setting determination by The U.S. Supreme Court the year before. From that instance, 23 of the thirty nine Native bands located in Oklahoma have opened bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Indian tribes to take advantage of the wagering rules, and today run ten gambling halls of their own. Bingo was the game on which the above-mentioned gambling halls were built on. automated games like slot machines were not approved, due to the fact that they’re thought to contribute to gambling addiction more than bingo.

In recent years, Oklahoma governing edicts has altered to allow for large Indian gaming gambling dens. You’ll now see Indian gambling halls with one armed bandits, video poker and blackjack tables. Craps and roulette are not yet allowed in the Amerindian gambling dens as of yet, although this is only a matter of time. Nobody can authority what having different games in the bingo houses will do for the popularity of bingo.