Hoskin, who happens to be the secretary of state for the Cherokee Nation, stood before the craps table and somewhat nervously said, “Never in my life have I played this game before”. Tulsa World discussed with one player, Chuck Hoskin Jr., the prospects of playing craps for the first time in his life. With the inclusion of ball-and-dice gaming, Oklahoma’s tribal casinos eliminated one of the final distinctions between their gaming venues and out-of-state commercial casinos found in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Tunica, and dozens of other cities across America.
10 other tribes are in the process of altering their gaming compacts so they can offer craps and roulette, two of the more popular table games in Las Vegas-style casinos. The Cherokee Nation’s Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa in Catoosa, a Tulsa suburb, was one of the first casinos to offer ball-and-dice gaming.
On Monday, amendments to the state’s gaming compact with certain tribe took effect, allowing certain tribal casinso to offer craps and roulette on their gaming floors. Oklahoma tribal casinos began offering legal “ ball and dice” gaming this week. Roulette and craps gaming was legalized to help pay for Oklahoma teachers’ raises.
