Oklahoma Bingo
Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. That’s because the Native tribes of Oklahoma have operated Bingo sessions for decades. Patrons from all of the neighboring states load up in cars and travel into Oklahoma to bet on Bingo for the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) became law after a benchmark determination by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. Since that time, 23 of the 39 Native tribes of Oklahoma have opened gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Indian tribes to take advantage of the betting laws, and today operate ten gambling halls of their very own. Bingo is the game on which these gambling halls were founded. digital games such as slot machine games were not approved, on the grounds that they’re thought to lead to gambling dependency at a higher rate than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts have changed to allow for massive Amerindian wagering gambling halls. You’ll now see Indian gambling dens with slot machine games, video poker and vingt-et-un tables. Craps and roulette are still not approved in the Amerindian gambling dens yet, but this is simply a matter of time. Nobody can say whether having other gambling hall games in the bingo parlours will do for the draw of bingo.
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