Oklahoma has long been analogous with Bingo. That’s because the Indian bands of Oklahoma have operated Bingo sessions for ages. Clients from many of the nearby states load up in trucks and travel into Oklahoma to enjoy Bingo over the weekends.
The 1988 IGRA became law after a benchmark determination by The U.S. Supreme Court the year before. From that time, twenty three of the thirty nine American Indian bands located in Oklahoma have introduced bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma American Indian band to take advantage of the gambling restrictions, and today operate ten casinos of their own. Bingo was the game on which these gambling dens were founded. Electronic games such as slot machine games were not allowed, due to the fact that they are believed to contribute to gambling problems more than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma law have altered to allow for big Indian betting gambling halls. You’ll now see American Indian gambling halls with slot machines, video poker and black jack tables. Craps and roulette are not approved in the Amerindian casinos as of yet, although this is only a waiting game. Nobody can say what having different gambling den games in the bingo parlors will do for the draw of bingo.