Oklahoma has for a long time been interrelated with Bingo. This is because the Amerindian bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo sessions for decades. Clients from every one of the neighboring states get in autos and travel to Oklahoma to play Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a landmark decision by The U.S. Supreme Court the year before. From that time, 23 of the thirty nine Native tribes located in Oklahoma have opened gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Amerindian tribes to take advantage of the gaming laws, and at this time control ten casinos of their own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned gambling halls were built on. Electronic games like one armed bandits were not approved, since they’re believed to lead to gambling addiction more than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma governing edicts have altered to permit big Native gambling casinos. You will now find American Indian gambling halls with slots, video poker and vingt-et-un tables. Craps and roulette are not approved in the Indian gambling halls as of yet, however that is only a waiting game. Nobody can say with what having different gambling hall games in the bingo parlors will do for the popularity of bingo.