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Oklahoma has long been interrelated with Bingo. That's because the Amerindian bands of Oklahoma have run Bingo sessions for decades. Clients from many of the neighboring states load up in vans and travel to Oklahoma to gamble on Bingo over the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) became law after a benchmark ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court the year prior. Since that time, 23 of the thirty nine Native tribes of Oklahoma have established gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Indian tribes to take advantage of the gambling restrictions, and at this time run ten gambling dens of their own. Bingo was the game on which the above-mentioned gambling halls were founded. Electronic games such as slots weren't allowed, owing to the fact that they are thought to lead to gambling dependency at a higher rate than bingo.

In recent years, Oklahoma rules have altered to allow for enormous Native betting gambling dens. You will now discover Indian gambling halls with one armed bandits, video poker and chemin de fer tables. Craps and roulette are not authorized in the Amerindian gambling dens yet, but this is just a matter of time. Nobody can say with what having other casino games in the bingo parlours will do for the popularity of bingo.