Bingo and Oklahoma: Two birds of a feather
Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. That’s owing to the fact that the Amerindian bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for generations. Clients from many of the nearby states load up in vans and travel into Oklahoma to enjoy Bingo over the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) was introduced after a landmark ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. From that time, twenty three of the thirty nine Indian tribes located in Oklahoma have introduced gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma American Indian tribes to take advantage of the wagering restrictions, and today control ten gambling dens of their very own. Bingo was the game on which these casinos were built on. Electronic games such as one armed bandits were not approved, owing to the fact that they’re thought to contribute to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma law has altered to allow for gigantic American Indian gambling gambling dens. You’ll now find Amerindian gambling halls with slot machine games, video poker and twenty-one tables. Craps and roulette are still not authorized in the Indian casinos as of yet, although this is only a waiting game. Nobody can say whether having other gambling hall games in the bingo houses will do for the popularity of bingo.
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