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Oklahoma has for a long time been analogous with Bingo. That is due to the fact that the American Indian bands of Oklahoma have operated Bingo sessions for generations. Clients from many of the surrounding states pile in trucks and visit Oklahoma to wager on Bingo on the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a landmark decision by The U.S. Supreme Court the year before. From that instance, 23 of the thirty nine American Indian tribes located in Oklahoma have established gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Native band to take advantage of the gambling laws, and today run ten casinos of their very own. Bingo was the game on which the above-mentioned gambling halls were founded. Electronic games like slot machines were not allowed, due to the fact that they are thought to contribute to gambling addiction at a higher rate than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts have changed to permit gigantic Indian wagering casinos. You will now find Amerindian gambling halls with slot machines, video poker and chemin de fer tables. Craps and roulette are not authorized in the Native gambling dens yet, however that is just a waiting game. No one can authority what having other games in the bingo houses will do for the popularity of bingo.