Choctaw opened its first bingo hall in 1987.
Its bingo hall has turned into a massive gambling resort filled with hundreds of slot machines, table games and high-stakes gaming.2:44 PM on Aug 25, 2022 CDT
A lot has changed since then for that bingo hall. After 35 years of gaming, Choctaw Casinos and Resorts is celebrating its anniversary in southeastern Oklahoma. This month, Choctaw gave away $2 million in cash and offered a special anniversary hotel rate. The casino also hosted bowling and bingo, a nod to its beginnings.
The Choctaw Nation used a Minnesota management company to own and operate the bingo palace and depended on its leadership in those early days, Dillard said. “I look back now and wonder how some days we even made it through,” Dillard said. “We did it. We did it with blood, sweat, tears and hard work, and very committed people.”
Since then, Choctaw built five major expansion projects, including a 12-story hotel tower in 2010, major upgrades to the Choctaw Lodge and Choctaw Inn in 2012, and the opening of Grand Tower, Grand Theater and The District family entertainment center in 2012.opened in 2021, the tribe’s latest jewel, a $600 million, 21-story luxury tower. A 300,000-square-foot expansion, the Sky Tower, brought in 40 new poker tables and over 3,300 new slot machines.
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