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Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. That’s because the Native tribes of Oklahoma have run Bingo sessions for generations. Patrons from all of the surrounding states pile in passenger cars and travel into Oklahoma to bet on Bingo for the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) followed a landmark determination by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. Since that time, twenty three of the thirty nine Indian tribes located in Oklahoma have opened bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Native tribes to take advantage of the gambling restrictions, and today run 10 casinos of their very own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned casinos were founded. digital games like slots weren’t allowed, on the grounds that they are thought to lead to gambling dependency more than bingo.

In recent years, Oklahoma law have changed to allow for enormous Indian gaming casinos. You’ll now find Amerindian gambling halls with one armed bandits, video poker and 21 tables. Craps and roulette are not allowed in the Indian casinos as of yet, however that is simply a matter of time. No one can say what having different gambling hall games in the bingo parlours will do for the popularity of bingo.