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Oklahoma has long been analogous with Bingo. That is due to the fact that the Native tribes of Oklahoma have provided Bingo games for years. Patrons from many of the surrounding states pile in cars and head over to Oklahoma to play Bingo over the weekends.

The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act became law after a precedent setting determination by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year prior. From that instance, twenty three of the thirty nine Amerindian tribes located in Oklahoma have introduced gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the 1st Oklahoma American Indian tribes to take advantage of the betting restrictions, and today run 10 gambling halls of their own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned gambling halls were founded. digital games like slot machines weren’t permitted, due to the fact that they’re believed to contribute to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.

In recent years, Oklahoma law has altered to permit enormous Indian gaming casinos. You will now see Amerindian gambling halls with slot machine games, video poker and black jack tables. Craps and roulette are still not legal in the Amerindian casinos yet, although that is just a matter of time. No one can determine what having different gambling den games in the bingo houses will do for the draw of bingo.