Bingo and Oklahoma: Two Peas in a Pod

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Oklahoma has long been interrelated with Bingo. That is due to the fact that the American Indian tribes of Oklahoma have operated Bingo games for decades. Guests from each of the surrounding states pile in cars and travel into Oklahoma to wager on Bingo over the weekends.

The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was introduced after a landmark determination by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year prior. Since that time, twenty three of the 39 Indian bands located in Oklahoma have established bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Indian tribes to take advantage of the gambling rules, and at this time run ten casinos of their very own. Bingo was the game on which these casinos were built on. Electronic games such as one armed bandits weren’t allowed, on the grounds that they are believed to contribute to gambling dependency more than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts has altered to permit massive Indian gaming gambling halls. You will now see Indian gambling dens with one armed bandits, video poker and black jack tables. Craps and roulette are not yet authorized in the Indian gambling halls as of yet, however this is simply a waiting game. No one can authority what having other casino games in the bingo parlors will do for the appeal of bingo.