Bingo and Oklahoma: Two birds of a feather
Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. That’s due to the fact that the American Indian tribes of Oklahoma have provided Bingo games for years. Patrons from all of the nearby states get in autos and travel into Oklahoma to play Bingo over the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) became law after a benchmark decree by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. From that time, twenty three of the 39 American Indian bands of Oklahoma have established gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Native band to take advantage of the wagering restrictions, and today run 10 gambling halls of their own. Bingo was the game on which the above-mentioned casinos were built on. Electronic games like slots were not allowed, on the grounds that they’re believed to contribute to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts have changed to permit gigantic Amerindian wagering casinos. You will now find Indian gambling halls with one armed bandits, video poker and chemin de fer tables. Craps and roulette are not yet approved in the American Indian casinos as of yet, but this is just a matter of time. Nobody can determine what having other games in the bingo houses will do for the appeal of bingo.
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