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Bingo and Oklahoma: Two Peas in a Pod

Oklahoma has for a long time been interrelated with Bingo. That’s owing to the fact that the Amerindian tribes of Oklahoma have run Bingo sessions for decades. Guests from all of the neighboring states pile in trucks and visit Oklahoma to play Bingo over the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) was introduced after a benchmark determination by The U.S. Supreme Court the year prior. From that time, twenty three of the 39 American Indian bands of Oklahoma have introduced gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Indian band to take advantage of the gaming restrictions, and at this time operate 10 gambling halls of their own. Bingo is the game on which these casinos were founded. Electronic games like slot machine games weren’t authorized, on the grounds that they are believed to lead to gambling addiction at a higher rate than bingo.

In recent years, Oklahoma governing edicts have changed to permit big Indian gambling gambling halls. You will now discover Amerindian casinos with slot machine games, video poker and blackjack tables. Craps and roulette are not allowed in the Native gambling halls as of yet, although that is just a waiting game. No one can say with what having different games in the bingo parlors will do for the popularity of bingo.

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