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Oklahoma has for a long time been synonymous with Bingo. That is because the Indian bands of Oklahoma have provided Bingo sessions for many years. Guests from many of the nearby states pile in trucks and visit Oklahoma to wager on Bingo on the weekends.

The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was introduced after a benchmark determination by The U.S. Supreme Court just the prior year. Since that time, 23 of the 39 Amerindian tribes located in Oklahoma have opened gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Amerindian band to take advantage of the gambling rules, and at this time control 10 gambling halls of their own. Bingo was the game on which these gambling halls were founded. computerized games such as one armed bandits were not approved, since they're believed to lead to gambling problems more than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma law has altered to permit enormous Indian betting gambling halls. You will now discover Native gambling halls with slots, video poker and vingt-et-un tables. Craps and roulette are not legal in the Indian casinos yet, however this is just a waiting game. Nobody can determine what having different games in the bingo houses will do for the popularity of bingo.