Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. That is due to the fact that the American Indian tribes of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for ages. Patrons from all of the surrounding states get in autos and travel into Oklahoma to wager on Bingo over the weekends.

The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act became law after a precedent setting decree by The U.S. Supreme Court just the prior year. From that time, 23 of the 39 Amerindian bands of Oklahoma have established gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma American Indian tribes to take advantage of the gaming laws, and today operate ten casinos of their own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned casinos were founded. computerized games such as one armed bandits were not permitted, owing to the fact that they are thought to lead to gambling addiction at a higher rate than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts has altered to allow for big Indian betting gambling dens. You’ll now see Indian gambling halls with slot machines, video poker and chemin de fer tables. Craps and roulette are not yet legal in the American Indian casinos as of yet, but that is simply a matter of time. No one can say with what having other games in the bingo houses will do for the popularity of bingo.