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Oklahoma has long been analogous with Bingo. That is because the American Indian bands of Oklahoma have provided Bingo sessions for many years. Patrons from many of the neighboring states get in automobiles and head over to Oklahoma to gamble on Bingo over the weekends.

The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a landmark decree by The U.S. Supreme Court the year prior. Since that time, twenty three of the 39 Indian bands of Oklahoma have established gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Amerindian band to take advantage of the gaming restrictions, and at this time control ten gambling dens of their own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned gambling halls were built on. automated games such as slot machine games were not authorized, due to the fact that they are believed to lead to gambling dependency at a higher rate than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts has altered to allow for big Native gambling casinos. You’ll now see American Indian gambling dens with slot machine games, video poker and vingt-et-un tables. Craps and roulette are not approved in the American Indian gambling halls yet, however this is only a waiting game. No one can determine what having other gambling hall games in the bingo parlours will do for the appeal of bingo.