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Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. That's because the Amerindian tribes of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for decades. Clients from all of the surrounding states pile in automobiles and visit Oklahoma to gamble on Bingo for the weekends.

The 1988 IGRA became law after a precedent setting ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year before. From that instance, twenty three of the thirty nine Amerindian tribes located in Oklahoma have opened bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma American Indian tribes to take advantage of the wagering rules, and today run 10 gambling halls of their own. Bingo was the game on which the above-mentioned gambling dens were built on. Electronic games like slot machines weren't permitted, since they're thought to lead to gambling problems more than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma law have altered to allow for enormous Native wagering casinos. You will now find American Indian gambling halls with slots, video poker and black jack tables. Craps and roulette are not legal in the Native gambling halls as of yet, however this is just a matter of time. Nobody can say with what having other games in the bingo parlours will do for the appeal of bingo.