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Bingo and Oklahoma: 2 Peas in a Pod

Oklahoma has for a long time been interrelated with Bingo. This is because the Indian tribes of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for decades. Clients from each of the surrounding states load up in autos and head over to Oklahoma to wager on Bingo over the weekends.

The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a precedent setting decision by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. From that time, twenty three of the 39 Amerindian tribes located in Oklahoma have opened gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the 1st Oklahoma Native tribes to take advantage of the gaming restrictions, and at this time control ten casinos of their very own. Bingo was the game on which the above-mentioned casinos were built on. computerized games such as one armed bandits weren’t approved, because they’re believed to contribute to gambling addiction more than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts has altered to permit enormous American Indian wagering gambling halls. You will now discover Amerindian casinos with one armed bandits, video poker and blackjack tables. Craps and roulette are still not approved in the Indian gambling dens as of yet, although this is only a waiting game. Nobody can authority whether having other casino games in the bingo houses will do for the appeal of bingo.

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