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Oklahoma has long been interrelated with Bingo. That is because the Amerindian tribes of Oklahoma have run Bingo sessions for decades. Patrons from every one of the surrounding states load up in vans and visit Oklahoma to wager on Bingo over the weekends.

The 1988 IGRA was introduced after a landmark decree by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. Since that instance, twenty three of the thirty nine American Indian bands located in Oklahoma have opened gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the 1st Oklahoma Indian tribes to take advantage of the gaming laws, and today run ten casinos of their very own. Bingo is the game on which these gambling halls were founded. computerized games like slot machines weren’t approved, because they’re thought to lead to gambling dependency at a higher rate than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts has altered to permit massive Amerindian betting casinos. You will now find Indian gambling dens with slot machines, video poker and black jack tables. Craps and roulette are not approved in the Native casinos yet, although that is just a waiting game. No one can say whether having other gambling den games in the bingo parlors will do for the appeal of bingo.