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Bingo and Oklahoma: 2 birds of a feather

by Rogelio on Feb.26, 2017, under Bingo

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Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. That’s due to the fact that the Amerindian tribes of Oklahoma have run Bingo sessions for ages. Guests from all of the neighboring states get in cars and travel into Oklahoma to wager on Bingo on the weekends.

The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a benchmark decree by The U.S. Supreme Court the year before. Since that instance, 23 of the 39 American Indian bands of Oklahoma have introduced gaming halls. The Chickasaw were the 1st Oklahoma American Indian tribes to take advantage of the betting rules, and today operate 10 gambling dens of their very own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned gambling halls were founded. digital games like slot machine games weren’t permitted, due to the fact that they are believed to contribute to gambling dependency at a higher rate than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma law have changed to allow for large Native gambling gambling halls. You will now see American Indian gambling halls with one armed bandits, video poker and chemin de fer tables. Craps and roulette are still not allowed in the Native gambling dens as of yet, but that is only a waiting game. Nobody can authority what having different games in the bingo parlours will do for the appeal of bingo.


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