Oklahoma has for a long time been analogous with Bingo. That is because the American Indian bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo sessions for years. Guests from each of the surrounding states load up in automobiles and travel to Oklahoma to play Bingo over the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a precedent setting decree by The U.S. Supreme Court just the prior year. Since that time, 23 of the thirty nine American Indian bands of Oklahoma have established gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Amerindian tribes to take advantage of the wagering laws, and today run 10 gambling halls of their very own. Bingo was the game on which these gambling dens were built on. digital games such as slot machines were not permitted, since they are thought to lead to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma law have changed to allow for gigantic Amerindian betting gambling dens. You will now see Indian casinos with slot machines, video poker and black jack tables. Craps and roulette are not authorized in the American Indian casinos yet, but this is only a waiting game. Nobody can determine what having other gambling hall games in the bingo houses will do for the popularity of bingo.