Bingo in Oklahoma
Oklahoma has long been analogous with Bingo. That is owing to the fact that the American Indian bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo sessions for years. Guests from many of the neighboring states load up in automobiles and travel to Oklahoma to bet on Bingo over the weekends.
The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was introduced after a benchmark decree by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year prior. From that time, twenty three of the thirty nine Native tribes of Oklahoma have introduced gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Indian band to take advantage of the gaming laws, and today run ten casinos of their own. Bingo was the game on which the above-mentioned casinos were founded. computerized games such as slot machines were not permitted, owing to the fact that they are believed to lead to gambling dependency more than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma rules have altered to permit enormous Native gambling casinos. You will now see Native gambling dens with slot machines, video poker and 21 tables. Craps and roulette are not allowed in the Amerindian casinos as of yet, however this is just a matter of time. Nobody can determine what having other casino games in the bingo parlors will do for the popularity of bingo.