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Bingo and Oklahoma: 2 Peas in a Pod

Oklahoma has for a long time been analogous with Bingo. That is because the Native tribes of Oklahoma have run Bingo sessions for many years. Guests from each of the surrounding states load up in vehicles and visit Oklahoma to bet on Bingo on the weekends.

The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) followed a landmark decree by The U.S. Supreme Court the year before. Since that time, 23 of the thirty nine Native tribes of Oklahoma have established gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma American Indian band to take advantage of the gambling rules, and at this time operate 10 gambling halls of their very own. Bingo was the game on which the above-mentioned gambling halls were built on. Electronic games like slot machines were not authorized, owing to the fact that they’re believed to lead to gambling problems at a higher rate than bingo.

In recent years, Oklahoma law have altered to permit gigantic Amerindian betting casinos. You’ll now discover Native gambling halls with slot machine games, video poker and twenty-one tables. Craps and roulette are still not legal in the American Indian gambling dens yet, although this is just a matter of time. Nobody can authority what having other gambling hall games in the bingo parlours will do for the appeal of bingo.

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