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Oklahoma has long been interrelated with Bingo. That’s due to the fact that the Indian tribes of Oklahoma have provided Bingo games for years. Patrons from each of the surrounding states load up in vans and travel to Oklahoma to gamble on Bingo over the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act became law after a precedent setting decision by The U.S. Supreme Court just the prior year. From that time, 23 of the 39 American Indian bands of Oklahoma have established gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the 1st Oklahoma Amerindian band to take advantage of the gambling laws, and today control ten casinos of their own. Bingo was the game on which these gambling halls were founded. Electronic games such as one armed bandits were not authorized, owing to the fact that they’re thought to contribute to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma law have altered to permit gigantic American Indian gambling gambling dens. You will now find Indian gambling dens with slot machines, video poker and twenty-one tables. Craps and roulette are still not allowed in the Native gambling halls yet, but that is just a matter of time. Nobody can say whether having other casino games in the bingo parlors will do for the appeal of bingo.