Bingo and Oklahoma: Two Peas in a Pod
Saturday, 19. September 2020
Oklahoma has long been synonymous with Bingo. This is because the American Indian tribes of Oklahoma have provided Bingo games for years. Clients from many of the surrounding states pile in vehicles and travel to Oklahoma to gamble on Bingo for the weekends.
The 1988 IGRA became law after a precedent setting determination by The U.S. Supreme Court just the prior year. Since that instance, twenty three of the thirty nine American Indian bands located in Oklahoma have introduced gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the initial Oklahoma Indian band to take advantage of the betting laws, and today control ten casinos of their own. Bingo was the game on which these casinos were built on. automated games like one armed bandits were not allowed, since they are believed to lead to gambling addiction at a higher rate than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma rules has changed to allow for big American Indian gambling casinos. You will now discover Amerindian gambling halls with slot machines, video poker and chemin de fer tables. Craps and roulette are not approved in the American Indian gambling dens yet, however that is just a waiting game. No one can say with what having other games in the bingo parlours will do for the popularity of bingo.
Posted in Bingo by Taryn