Oklahoma has for a long time been synonymous with Bingo. This is due to the fact that the Amerindian bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo sessions for decades. Patrons from many of the nearby states get in autos and head over to Oklahoma to wager on Bingo on the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a precedent setting determination by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. Since that instance, twenty three of the 39 Amerindian bands of Oklahoma have opened bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the 1st Oklahoma Amerindian band to take advantage of the gaming restrictions, and at this time control ten gambling dens of their very own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned gambling halls were founded. Electronic games such as slot machine games weren’t approved, owing to the fact that they’re thought to contribute to gambling problems more than bingo.

In recent years, Oklahoma rules has altered to permit massive Native gaming casinos. You will now see Indian gambling halls with slot machine games, video poker and vingt-et-un tables. Craps and roulette are not yet legal in the American Indian gambling halls yet, although that is simply a matter of time. No one can authority what having different gambling hall games in the bingo houses will do for the appeal of bingo.