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Oklahoma has for a long time been interrelated with Bingo. This is because the American Indian bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo games for many years. Clients from all of the nearby states load up in vehicles and travel to Oklahoma to gamble on Bingo for the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) followed a benchmark decision by The U.S. Supreme Court the year before. From that time, 23 of the thirty nine Indian bands of Oklahoma have opened gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Native band to take advantage of the gaming laws, and at this time operate ten casinos of their very own. Bingo was the game on which the above-mentioned gambling dens were built on. Electronic games such as slots were not authorized, due to the fact that they are thought to contribute to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.

In recent years, Oklahoma governing edicts have changed to allow for enormous American Indian gambling casinos. You will now see American Indian gambling dens with slot machines, video poker and twenty-one tables. Craps and roulette are still not authorized in the Amerindian gambling dens as of yet, although this is simply a waiting game. Nobody can determine whether having different gambling hall games in the bingo houses will do for the appeal of bingo.