Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. That is because the Amerindian bands of Oklahoma have provided Bingo games for decades. Guests from each of the neighboring states get in vehicles and travel to Oklahoma to play Bingo over the weekends.

The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was introduced after a benchmark ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. Since that instance, twenty three of the 39 American Indian tribes located in Oklahoma have opened gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Amerindian tribes to take advantage of the gaming rules, and at this time operate ten gambling halls of their very own. Bingo was the game on which these casinos were built on. Electronic games like slot machines weren’t authorized, on the grounds that they’re thought to contribute to gambling addiction at a higher rate than bingo.

In recent years, Oklahoma governing edicts have changed to allow for gigantic Amerindian gambling casinos. You will now find Native casinos with slot machines, video poker and 21 tables. Craps and roulette are not legal in the Amerindian gambling halls yet, although this is just a waiting game. Nobody can authority whether having different gambling hall games in the bingo parlors will do for the popularity of bingo.