Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. That’s due to the fact that the Indian tribes of Oklahoma have provided Bingo games for years. Patrons from each of the neighboring states get in cars and travel to Oklahoma to enjoy Bingo on the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) followed a benchmark determination by The U.S. Supreme Court the year before. From that time, twenty three of the thirty nine Native bands of Oklahoma have opened gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the 1st Oklahoma Native tribes to take advantage of the gambling rules, and today control ten casinos of their own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned gambling halls were founded. automated games like slots weren’t approved, due to the fact that they’re believed to contribute to gambling dependency at a higher rate than bingo.

In recent years, Oklahoma rules have changed to allow for large Indian gambling gambling halls. You’ll now see Indian gambling halls with one armed bandits, video poker and vingt-et-un tables. Craps and roulette are not approved in the American Indian gambling dens as of yet, although this is just a matter of time. Nobody can say with what having other games in the bingo parlors will do for the draw of bingo.