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Oklahoma has for a long time been analogous with Bingo. That’s because the Amerindian tribes of Oklahoma have provided Bingo games for generations. Patrons from each of the surrounding states load up in cars and travel into Oklahoma to play Bingo on the weekends.

The 1988 IGRA became law after a landmark ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court just 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 1st Oklahoma Amerindian tribes to take advantage of the wagering laws, and at this time control ten gambling halls of their very own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned casinos were built on. Electronic games such as slot machine games weren’t approved, on the grounds that they’re thought to lead to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma rules have changed to allow for massive Indian wagering gambling dens. You will now find American Indian gambling dens with slots, video poker and vingt-et-un tables. Craps and roulette are not approved in the Native gambling halls yet, however that is just a matter of time. Nobody can say with whether having other gambling den games in the bingo parlors will do for the appeal of bingo.