Feb 132025
Oklahoma has for a long time been synonymous with Bingo. This is because the American Indian bands of Oklahoma have operated Bingo games for many years. Clients from every one of the nearby states pile in vans and travel to Oklahoma to enjoy Bingo for the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) became law after a landmark decision by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. From that time, 23 of the 39 American Indian bands of Oklahoma have opened gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Indian band to take advantage of the gambling laws, and at this time control 10 gambling halls of their own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned casinos were built on. Electronic games such as slot machine games weren’t authorized, because they are believed to contribute to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts has changed to permit large Indian betting gambling halls. You will now find American Indian gambling dens with slots, video poker and 21 tables. Craps and roulette are still not approved in the Amerindian gambling halls yet, although that is only a waiting game. Nobody can say what having other games in the bingo parlors will do for the draw of bingo.
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