Bingo and Oklahoma: 2 birds of a feather
Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. That’s because the Native bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for ages. Guests from every one of the neighboring states load up in automobiles and visit Oklahoma to play Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) followed a precedent setting ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court the year prior. From that instance, twenty three of the 39 Native bands located in Oklahoma have established bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Amerindian tribes to take advantage of the gaming rules, and at this time run ten casinos of their very own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned gambling halls were built on. automated games such as slots weren’t approved, owing to the fact that they are believed to contribute to gambling addiction at a higher rate than bingo.
In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts has altered to permit large Native gambling gambling halls. You will now see American Indian gambling dens with slots, video poker and twenty-one tables. Craps and roulette are not approved in the Native gambling dens yet, however this is just a waiting game. No one can authority what having other gambling den games in the bingo parlours will do for the popularity of bingo.
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