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Oklahoma has for a long time been interrelated with Bingo. This is because the Indian bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for many years. Clients from many of the nearby states pile in passenger cars and travel into Oklahoma to bet on Bingo for the weekends.

The 1988 IGRA followed a precedent setting decision by The U.S. Supreme Court just the prior year. From that instance, twenty three of the thirty nine Native tribes located in Oklahoma have established bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the 1st Oklahoma American Indian band to take advantage of the betting laws, and today run ten gambling dens of their own. Bingo was the game on which these gambling dens were founded. automated games like slots weren’t permitted, on the grounds that they are thought to contribute to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts has altered to permit massive Indian wagering gambling halls. You’ll now find American Indian gambling dens with slot machines, video poker and vingt-et-un tables. Craps and roulette are still not approved in the Indian gambling halls as of yet, however this is just a matter of time. Nobody can say what having other games in the bingo parlors will do for the popularity of bingo.