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Oklahoma has for a long time been synonymous with Bingo. That is because the Native bands of Oklahoma have provided Bingo games for generations. Patrons from many of the surrounding states get in cars and travel into Oklahoma to wager on Bingo on the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was introduced after a precedent setting decree by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year prior. From that instance, twenty three of the thirty nine Amerindian tribes located in Oklahoma have introduced gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the 1st Oklahoma Amerindian tribes to take advantage of the betting laws, and today run ten casinos of their very own. Bingo was the game on which these casinos were founded. automated games such as slot machines weren't permitted, since they are thought to contribute to gambling dependency more than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts have changed to permit big Native betting casinos. You'll now find Amerindian gambling dens with one armed bandits, video poker and twenty-one tables. Craps and roulette are not authorized in the American Indian gambling halls yet, but that is simply a waiting game. Nobody can authority what having other gambling den games in the bingo houses will do for the popularity of bingo.