Oklahoma has for a long time been analogous with Bingo. This is owing to the fact that the Indian tribes of Oklahoma have provided Bingo sessions for years. Patrons from all of the nearby states load up in autos and travel into Oklahoma to play Bingo for the weekends.

The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act became law after a landmark determination by The U.S. Supreme Court the year before. Since that time, 23 of the thirty nine Amerindian tribes located in Oklahoma have established gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the 1st Oklahoma Amerindian tribes to take advantage of the betting rules, and today operate 10 casinos of their own. Bingo is the game on which these gambling halls were founded. automated games like slot machines weren’t allowed, due to the fact that they’re believed to lead to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma law has changed to allow for gigantic American Indian betting casinos. You’ll now find Native gambling dens with one armed bandits, video poker and chemin de fer tables. Craps and roulette are still not approved in the Native casinos yet, although that is simply a matter of time. No one can determine what having different gambling den games in the bingo parlours will do for the popularity of bingo.