Oklahoma has long been interrelated with Bingo. That is owing to the fact that the Indian bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for years. Clients from each of the surrounding states get in trucks and visit Oklahoma to play Bingo over the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a benchmark ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court the year prior. Since that time, twenty three of the 39 Indian bands of Oklahoma have introduced gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Indian band to take advantage of the betting laws, and today control 10 gambling dens of their very own. Bingo is the game on which these gambling dens were founded. Electronic games like slot machine games were not permitted, owing to the fact that they are believed to lead to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts has altered to allow for large American Indian gaming gambling dens. You’ll now find Native casinos with one armed bandits, video poker and blackjack tables. Craps and roulette are still not legal in the American Indian gambling halls yet, however that is only a matter of time. Nobody can authority whether having other games in the bingo parlors will do for the popularity of bingo.