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Bingo and Oklahoma: 2 Peas in a Pod

by Rogelio on May.20, 2021, under Bingo

Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. That is because the Native bands of Oklahoma have provided Bingo sessions for many years. Patrons from each of the surrounding states load up in vehicles and travel to Oklahoma to play Bingo on the weekends.

The 1988 IGRA followed a benchmark determination by The U.S. Supreme Court the year prior. From that instance, twenty three of the 39 American Indian tribes of Oklahoma have opened gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the 1st Oklahoma Native tribes to take advantage of the gambling rules, and today run ten gambling dens of their own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned casinos were built on. digital games such as slots were not permitted, due to the fact that they’re believed to lead to gambling addiction at a higher rate than bingo.

In the past few years, Oklahoma governing edicts have altered to permit massive Amerindian betting casinos. You will now see American Indian gambling dens with slot machine games, video poker and black jack tables. Craps and roulette are still not authorized in the Indian casinos as of yet, however that is simply a matter of time. No one can say with what having different gambling den games in the bingo parlors will do for the draw of bingo.


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