Bingo in Oklahoma
Saturday, 19. July 2025
Oklahoma has for a long time been synonymous with Bingo. That is because the Native tribes of Oklahoma have run Bingo sessions for many years. Patrons from all of the surrounding states load up in trucks and travel into Oklahoma to play Bingo for the weekends.
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a precedent setting decision by The U.S. Supreme Court the year prior. From that time, 23 of the 39 Native tribes of Oklahoma have opened bingo halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Native band to take advantage of the gaming rules, and today operate ten gambling halls of their very own. Bingo is the game on which the above-mentioned gambling halls were founded. digital games such as slot machine games were not approved, because they are believed to contribute to gambling addiction at a higher rate than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma governing edicts have changed to permit big Amerindian gambling gambling dens. You will now see Indian gambling halls with slot machines, video poker and vingt-et-un tables. Craps and roulette are not yet allowed in the Amerindian casinos yet, however that is simply a waiting game. Nobody can say with what having other games in the bingo parlours will do for the popularity of bingo.
Posted in Bingo by Taryn