Oklahoma has long been interrelated with Bingo. That’s due to the fact that the Indian bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for years. Clients from every one of the neighboring states load up in cars and visit Oklahoma to play Bingo for the weekends.
The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a landmark ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. Since that instance, twenty three of the 39 Amerindian tribes of Oklahoma have established gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Indian tribes to take advantage of the wagering rules, and today run 10 gambling dens of their own. Bingo is the game on which these gambling dens were founded. Electronic games such as slots were not allowed, on the grounds that they’re believed to lead to gambling problems more than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma rules have changed to allow for big Amerindian wagering gambling dens. You will now find American Indian gambling halls with slot machine games, video poker and blackjack tables. Craps and roulette are not yet allowed in the American Indian gambling halls yet, although this is just a waiting game. Nobody can say with what having other games in the bingo parlours will do for the draw of bingo.