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Oklahoma has for a long time been synonymous with Bingo. That's due to the fact that the Indian bands of Oklahoma have provided Bingo sessions for decades. Guests from all of the neighboring states pile in vans and visit Oklahoma to bet on Bingo for the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) followed a landmark decree by The U.S. Supreme Court just the year prior. Since that instance, twenty three of the thirty nine Amerindian bands of Oklahoma have established bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Native band to take advantage of the betting restrictions, and today operate ten gambling dens of their own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned gambling dens were founded. Electronic games such as slot machine games were not allowed, on the grounds that they are believed to lead to gambling addiction more than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts have altered to permit massive Native gaming gambling halls. You'll now find Native casinos with one armed bandits, video poker and vingt-et-un tables. Craps and roulette are not legal in the Indian gambling halls as of yet, but this is only a matter of time. Nobody can say what having other casino games in the bingo parlours will do for the popularity of bingo.