Archive for April, 2009
Oklahoma has for a long time been interrelated with Bingo. That is because the Amerindian bands of Oklahoma have operated Bingo games for years. Patrons from all of the surrounding states pile in vehicles and visit Oklahoma to enjoy Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a precedent setting determination by The U.S. Supreme Court the year prior. Since that instance, 23 of the thirty nine Native tribes located in Oklahoma have established bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma American Indian band to take advantage of the wagering restrictions, and today operate 10 casinos of their very own. Bingo is the game on which these gambling dens were built on. computerized games such as slot machine games weren’t approved, owing to the fact that they are thought to contribute to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma law has changed to permit enormous Native gambling gambling dens. You’ll now discover Amerindian casinos with slot machine games, video poker and twenty-one tables. Craps and roulette are not allowed in the Indian gambling halls yet, but that is just a matter of time. No one can determine what having other games in the bingo parlors will do for the popularity of bingo.