Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. That’s owing to the fact that the Native tribes of Oklahoma have provided Bingo sessions for decades. Clients from each of the surrounding states get in vehicles and travel into Oklahoma to bet on Bingo on the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) became law after a precedent setting ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. From that time, twenty three of the thirty nine Amerindian bands of Oklahoma have introduced gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma American Indian band to take advantage of the betting restrictions, and today run 10 gambling halls of their own. Bingo is the game on which these gambling dens were founded. Electronic games such as slot machines were not approved, owing to the fact that they’re believed to contribute to gambling dependency more than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts have changed to allow for gigantic Native betting casinos. You will now discover American Indian casinos with slot machine games, video poker and twenty-one tables. Craps and roulette are not authorized in the Native gambling halls as of yet, although this is only a matter of time. Nobody can determine whether having other games in the bingo houses will do for the draw of bingo.