Oklahoma has for a long time been synonymous with Bingo. That is due to the fact that the Indian bands of Oklahoma have provided Bingo games for decades. Guests from every one of the surrounding states load up in vans and visit Oklahoma to enjoy Bingo for the weekends.

The 1988 IGRA became law after a precedent setting decision by The U.S. Supreme Court just the prior year. Since that time, twenty three of the thirty nine Amerindian bands located in Oklahoma have opened gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the 1st Oklahoma Amerindian band to take advantage of the gaming rules, and at this time operate ten casinos of their own. Bingo is the game on which these gambling halls were founded. digital games such as slots were not allowed, on the grounds that they are thought to lead to gambling dependency at a higher rate than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma law has changed to permit big Native betting gambling dens. You will now find Native gambling halls with slot machine games, video poker and black jack tables. Craps and roulette are not allowed in the American Indian gambling dens yet, although this is just a matter of time. Nobody can say with what having different games in the bingo parlors will do for the draw of bingo.