Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. This is owing to the fact that the Native bands of Oklahoma have provided Bingo games for decades. Patrons from many of the neighboring states load up in vehicles and travel into Oklahoma to wager on Bingo over the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a benchmark decision by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year prior. Since that time, twenty three of the thirty nine Indian tribes located in Oklahoma have introduced gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Native tribes to take advantage of the gaming rules, and at this time operate 10 gambling halls of their own. Bingo was the game on which these gambling dens were built on. computerized games such as slots were not permitted, since they’re thought to lead to gambling addiction more than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts have changed to allow for large Indian gaming gambling halls. You’ll now see Indian casinos with slots, video poker and twenty-one tables. Craps and roulette are still not allowed in the American Indian gambling halls as of yet, although that is just a waiting game. No one can determine whether having other games in the bingo parlours will do for the appeal of bingo.
