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Oklahoma has for a long time been synonymous with Bingo. This is because the American Indian bands of Oklahoma have operated Bingo games for many years. Guests from every one of the surrounding states pile in trucks and travel to Oklahoma to gamble on Bingo over the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) followed a landmark ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court the year before. From that time, 23 of the thirty nine Native bands located in Oklahoma have introduced bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Native tribes to take advantage of the wagering laws, and today run ten gambling dens of their very own. Bingo was the game on which these gambling halls were built on. computerized games like slot machines weren’t authorized, because they’re thought to contribute to gambling dependency at a higher rate than bingo.

In recent years, Oklahoma rules has changed to permit big Amerindian gaming casinos. You will now discover Native casinos with one armed bandits, video poker and 21 tables. Craps and roulette are not allowed in the Indian gambling dens as of yet, but this is simply a waiting game. Nobody can determine whether having different gambling den games in the bingo parlours will do for the appeal of bingo.