Oklahoma has for a long time been synonymous with Bingo. That is due to the fact that the Native bands of Oklahoma have operated Bingo sessions for many years. Clients from every one of the surrounding states get in vans and head over to Oklahoma to enjoy Bingo on the weekends.

The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a precedent setting ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year prior. Since that time, twenty three of the thirty nine Amerindian tribes of Oklahoma have established gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Amerindian band to take advantage of the betting laws, and today operate ten gambling halls of their own. Bingo is the game on which these gambling halls were founded. digital games such as slot machine games were not permitted, because they are thought to lead to gambling problems more than bingo.

In recent years, Oklahoma governing edicts has altered to allow for big Indian gaming gambling halls. You’ll now find American Indian gambling halls with slot machines, video poker and chemin de fer tables. Craps and roulette are still not allowed in the Native gambling halls as of yet, although that is just a waiting game. No one can authority whether having different casino games in the bingo houses will do for the popularity of bingo.