In July, the bingo hall expands to include a small selection of electronic games covering 190,000 square feet and is renamed WinStar Casino.
The Chickasaw Nation opens a bingo hall to the east of Interstate 35, just north of the Oklahoma-Texas border. From its origins as a small bingo hall off I-35 nearly three decades ago to its current status as the World’s Biggest Casino, WinStar World Casino and Resort has a storied and surprising history.