my new fav. game for bingo blingo!!~
My first time i played bingo at the hawaiian gardens, i won! But had to split the prize of $250 because someone else called bingo same time so i only won $125..
I actually won two more times on different days; i went w a friend and the pattern was 2 card crazy kite which means need a crazy kite pattern on 2 diff cards/squares (which i had); But my friend thought it meant need 2 kite patterns on same one card so i didn't yell Bingo...what a waste~
Then another time, i called "bingo" one number too late. When i yelled bingo the caller said sorry, have to bingo on last number called.. blehh
At the Bingo Club (used to be inside the hawaiian gardens but they moved few blocks down) I am not kidding, they call the numbers real fast it's the fastest bingo in town or in the world!! They call next number right after the previous number, with not even a second or two pause... I realized that that is a disadvantage (for me at least and any other newbies) because you have to yell bingo before the next number is called; i feel i won/had bingos several times but due to their rapidness and their crazy pattern combos it's not that easy breezy!! One of their confusing patterns is : 4 card double corner stamp and 6 pack no overlap... wth
And then recently i played at gold coast n won! But unfortunately i called bingo too late. If i paid more attention n called bingo after my last number that i needed, i would have won $300 or something w/out splitting the prize.
But i didn't realize i had a bingo and I called bingo when 6 other ppl yelled out bingo. So split $300 w 6-7 other ppl, i only won like $40 or something..
i noticed that i don't play blackjack anymore! hummmm
However, I'd be very angry at myself if I didn't call a bingo on time. If you can't keep up, then I would suggest playing fewer cards.
At least you're not playing those awful fee-to-play games in California anymore.
BTW, the Hawaiian Gardens casino is not far from my old high school in Los Alamitos.
Quote: 1BBIs there any penalty for calling out bingo if you don't really have it?
Apart from the mean lady calling the game chiding you, I don't believe so, no.
Quote: 1BBIs there any penalty for calling out bingo if you don't really have it?
Shame
Quote: 1BBIs there any penalty for calling out bingo if you don't really have it?
I have heard about some bingo venues in either NY or PA (can't remember which) that will kick someone out for doing that more than once in the same session.
At Foxwoods mistakes happen every session without fail. Either the person needs the number in the monitor which has not been called yet, in which case they must wait for the number to be called, or they have a bingo but not the last number called, in which case they missed out on the prize.
Quote: AxelWolfI was just saying the other day they need to reinvent bingo somehow. Sexy bingo might do it.
Cosmic (Blacklight) Bingo is growing in popularity. I've never played it but I do have the daubers that one would use for it; they come in bright fluorescent colors and really stand out compared to standard daubers.
Quote: TomspurAren't you too young to be playing (and enjoying) bingo? :)
noo! bingo these days are played and enjoyed by younger crowds too! it's not the typical slooow one line bingo! idk who here lives in l.a./cali but after you play at The Bingo Club, you will know what i talking about!! Plus i think it's cheaper way to gamble, i definitely lose less money than when i played blackjackk!
Quote: AxelWolfI was just saying the other day they need to reinvent bingo somehow. Sexy bingo might do it.
Sycuan Casino (tribal casino east of San Diego) has done just that - they call it "Kozmik BinGLO" with the tagline of "It's not your grandmother's bingo!". It features a DJ and laser lights and non-traditional bingo games such as "Last Man Standing" where everyone stands up and as a number is called that IS on your card you have to sit down. The last person standing wins which means they didn't have any of the numbers called. They also have dance offs where the winners of two games have to get up and dance for a chance to win an extra $300 - $500 dollars. I won $500 won night by figuring out a puzzle before my competition. Obviously it's a MUCH younger crowd than for normal bingo plus it starts at something like 11pm on Saturday. The host is often either a drag queen or comedian.
http://www.sycuan.com/promotions/kozmik_binglo/
Quote: WizardJackpot sharing is normal in bingo. You can't get angry about that.
However, I'd be very angry at myself if I didn't call a bingo on time. If you can't keep up, then I would suggest playing fewer cards.
At least you're not playing those awful fee-to-play games in California anymore.
BTW, the Hawaiian Gardens casino is not far from my old high school in Los Alamitos.
ya of course i didn't/don't get angry at sharing jackpot! I was however angry at myself for not calling bingo on time! At The Bingo Club, most people only play one card... so that's the fewest to play! i think it's cuz i'm so busy/focused on making sure i daub the numbers and not miss a number that's why i don't focus on pattern(s) needed? idk!!~
hay so u have been to HG?
WAITE A MINUTE...... there are No chippies involved with bingo.Quote: juiciejennienoo! bingo these days are played and enjoyed by younger crowds too! it's not the typical slooow one line bingo! idk who here lives in l.a./cali but after you play at The Bingo Club, you will know what i talking about!! Plus i think it's cheaper way to gamble, i definitely lose less money than when i played blackjackk!
Quote: 1BBThe bingo hall at Foxwoods holds 4000 people so I imagine it would be chaos if everyone shouted out when they didn't have it.
Something like that happened this past weekend. It was very bizarre, about 13 people called bingo at the same time but only 6 of them had it, and the ones that didn't have it were way off (since they show the cards on the monitors, with the called numbers highlighted). It was very strange, I couldn't help but wonder what those people were thinking.
Quote: 1BBIs there any penalty for calling out bingo if you don't really have it?
noo no penalty! i actually told my friend he should yell bingo (even though he doesn't have it) so that there's time (for me) to check and see if i have a bingo! last week, some lady kept yelling bingo but she didn't have it..then after like the 4th time, her bingo was good/valid...but everyone was like what the heck!...~
the games payout is not too bad at bingo club; most games payout $250 (with certain days of the month paying $350) with some payout of $500 and fridays and saturdays most games pay out like $300-400
Quote: juiciejennienoo! bingo these days are played and enjoyed by younger crowds too! it's not the typical slooow one line bingo! idk who here lives in l.a./cali but after you play at The Bingo Club, you will know what i talking about!! Plus i think it's cheaper way to gamble, i definitely lose less money than when i played blackjackk!
I mean, I'm only 38 and I played bingo about 2 years ago in Vegas but I thought it was generally just older people :)
Maybe I need to bust out my best daubers, my bright candy yellow golf pants, my hot pink J-Crew sweater and go play some BINGO baby!!! :)
Quote: JBCosmic (Blacklight) Bingo is growing in popularity. I've never played it but I do have the daubers that one would use for it; they come in bright fluorescent colors and really stand out compared to standard daubers.
i want one! where to get bright dauber?
Quote: AxelWolfWAITE A MINUTE...... there are No chippies involved with bingo.
no chippies! just dollar bills! (at Bingo Club, it's continuous buy-in; if you want to play the next game you leave ur dollar out on table. i like that better than where you buy pack/booklet of cards and you have to play every game
i going to san manuel casino this saturday for blingo!!! my friend and i played their April Showers bingo (omg people won like $2k and up!) and we got free credit/free play! So we get to play for free on saturday! Blingo time!~
Quote: juiciejennienoo! bingo these days are played and enjoyed by younger crowds too! it's not the typical slooow one line bingo! idk who here lives in l.a./cali but after you play at The Bingo Club, you will know what i talking about!! Plus i think it's cheaper way to gamble, i definitely lose less money than when i played blackjackk!
my wife and I went to bingo at a fire hall a few years ago. I would say we were 27 or so. We were by far the youngest people there. I sat down and pulled out my pen and started marking the card. This really old lady came up to us and yelled (maybe was just talking loud and she was half deaf), "YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE A PEN, DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING." and then stormed away. We were puzzled until another lady came over to explain that you need to use a dauber. These old people are ruthless at these places.
Quote: GWAEmy wife and I went to bingo at a fire hall a few years ago. I would say we were 27 or so. We were by far the youngest people there. I sat down and pulled out my pen and started marking the card. This really old lady came up to us and yelled (maybe was just talking loud and she was half deaf), "YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE A PEN, DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING." and then stormed away. We were puzzled until another lady came over to explain that you need to use a dauber. These old people are ruthless at these places.
Old ladies have shot me the death glare upon my arrival in a bingo hall. They don't like whippersnappers such as myself trying to get a piece of that bingo.
Quote: djatcThey don't like whippersnappers such as myself trying to get a piece of that bingo.
I really hope this isn't some code name for sexual congress :)
Quote: GWAEmy wife and I went to bingo at a fire hall a few years ago. I would say we were 27 or so. We were by far the youngest people there. I sat down and pulled out my pen and started marking the card. This really old lady came up to us and yelled (maybe was just talking loud and she was half deaf), "YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE A PEN, DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING." and then stormed away. We were puzzled until another lady came over to explain that you need to use a dauber. These old people are ruthless at these places.
Ya I found out u cannot even use highlighter (I used it to mark/highlight the winning pattern needed) . One of the workers came over to me n said hope I don't win cuz my card is not valid anymore! He then gave/bought me a yellow dauber to highlight/pre daub the patterns!~
Quote: djatcOld ladies have shot me the death glare upon my arrival in a bingo hall. They don't like whippersnappers such as myself trying to get a piece of that bingo.
Everyone at the bingo club soo friendly n kind!
They say some people are so good at BINGO,
they don't have to even mark their cards and I'm not one of them. As a man, it's also a disadvantage because men just can't handle the game as good as women. A woman's brain is just better capable to hunt and peck.
Quote: onenickelmiracleI like bingo too but don't like stupid rules like calling on the number. It's still bingo. The reason why is probably because the people who are so good they are freaks, demand the rule for extra advantage because they buy so many cards. I'd rather never win than lose due to a mistake so I'll take the odds of playing only what I can handle.
They say some people are so good at BINGO,
they don't have to even mark their cards and I'm not one of them. As a man, it's also a disadvantage because men just can't handle the game as good as women. A woman's brain is just better capable to hunt and peck.
Ya... idk why the bingo club (that is the name of the bingo place in HG) calls numbers very fast... I been meaning to ask one of the workers there but never did! I guess so they can get a lot/more games in in one night. They have 100 games nightly!! Yikes~~
Quote: 1BBIs there any penalty for calling out bingo if you don't really have it?
This was a con in Bingo games in 50's and 60's in Anne Arundel county in Maryland. House stooge would yell bingo, confederate would call out winning number that were not on the card. Ah, the good old days !
Quote: onenickelmiracleI like bingo too but don't like stupid rules like calling on the number. It's still bingo.
If you can't identify a bingo as soon as you have it, or can't identify being one away from bingo and what number would give you bingo before it is called, then you are most likely playing more cards than you can comfortably handle. (I'm not trying to be rude or snarky when I say that, even though it might come across that way -- I'm trying to be helpful.) My personal comfort zone is about 2 paper cards for each second in the timer, and I'm one of the faster bingo players.
I wouldn't and it's actually been years since I've paid. My main experience was playing free birthday cards and at church festivals low stakes. If mistakes weren't so embarrassing and painful, I probably would have spent more, so I don't get the reason behind the rule.Quote: JBIf you can't identify a bingo as soon as you have it, or can't identify being one away from bingo and what number would give you bingo before it is called, then you are most likely playing more cards than you can comfortably handle. (I'm not trying to be rude or snarky when I say that, even though it might come across that way -- I'm trying to be helpful.) My personal comfort zone is about 2 paper cards for each second in the timer, and I'm one of the faster bingo players.
Since then, I would play online for fun free. One game on Facebook it was strategy and another site was autodaub and autobingo. Much better for me.
Quote: JBI have heard about some bingo venues in either NY or PA (can't remember which) that will kick someone out for doing that more than once in the same session.
At Foxwoods mistakes happen every session without fail. Either the person needs the number in the monitor which has not been called yet, in which case they must wait for the number to be called, or they have a bingo but not the last number called, in which case they missed out on the prize.
JB, are you going to play Foxwoods' Firecracker Bingo on July 5th? My wife and her girlfriends are planning to. There are five, including her, and they are going to play as a team splitting any winnings. It's easy enough to split the million dollar prize but sharing the Corvette could be a real headache. :-)
If you are playing I hope you win a nice prize.
Quote: BuzzardThis was a con in Bingo games in 50's and 60's in Anne Arundel county in Maryland. House stooge would yell bingo, confederate would call out winning number that were not on the card. Ah, the good old days !
Bingo!
Quote: BuzzardThis was a con in Bingo games in 50's and 60's in Anne Arundel county in Maryland. House stooge would yell bingo, confederate would call out winning number that were not on the card. Ah, the good old days !
huh? I don't get it
Quote: AxelWolfWAITE A MINUTE...... there are No chippies involved with bingo.
Speed Bingo at BJ's Bingo in Fife,WA uses chippies. What's more important is when you win, you get other players chippies.
Its played on a 3 number bingo card, like a giant tile. You pay an ante (10 cents), and put 3 (25 cents) chips in front of it. When one of your numbers is called, you cover it with one of your chips. Shout "Bingo!" and hold up your card when all 3 numbers are called. You win all chips that aren't already on other players' cards.
Quote: juiciejennieEveryone at the bingo club soo friendly n kind!
That right there shows the huge difference between basic church bingo and casino bingo. Those old lady's in the cafeteria usually aren't friendly.
Quote: 1BBJB, are you going to play Foxwoods' Firecracker Bingo on July 5th? My wife and her girlfriends are planning to. There are five, including her, and they are going to play as a team splitting any winnings. It's easy enough to split the million dollar prize but sharing the Corvette could be a real headache. :-)
If you are playing I hope you win a nice prize.
Not this year. I've played it twice, but it's extremely difficult to even get close to a bingo with so much competition. I'll probably do it again sometime but I promised myself that the next time I do, I will do video bingo in addition to playing paper cards. The least-expensive approach would cost $1,830 and would get me 66 cards for earlybird and regular games (this includes the $1,000,000 jackpot game), 72 cards for the special games, and 2 tickets for the door prize drawings (for the Corvette and $100,000 in smaller cash prizes).
Quote: odiousgambithuh? I don't get it
I don't know if you're being facetious or serious, but in case you are serious:
Back in the day, before bingo card verifier systems were introduced, verifying a bingo would involve having a floor worker go to the "winner" and read off the numbers on the winning card that formed the winning pattern. The caller on stage would confirm that the numbers read back have been called. But the floor worker could easily just look at the flashboard to call back numbers which have been called but are NOT on the "winner's" card.
Nowadays, the floor worker calls back the card ID number, which the caller punches into the machine, and then it brings up that card for everyone to see on the monitors. If the card holds a valid bingo, then it will highlight the numbers which form the bingo, otherwise it will highlight all of the numbers on the card that have been called.
Quote: mickeycrimmI've been out of the loop for about 7 years but bingo used to be a bargain gamble in Las Vegas. I've read articles in the RJ about most of the bingo halls in Las Vegas losing money. I have to figure that overhead was figured into that but from my own experience I know there were times I was playing with a huge positive expectation. Bingo halls like Binions, Plaza, Stations, Showboat, etc used bingo as a kind of loss leader. They would run sessions that lasted about an hour usually starting at 9:00 AM and running every other hour until 11:00 PM at night. So the bingo junkies would be one hour in the bingo then one hour out on the casino floor. Bingo put machine players in the building.
That is how it still is. Bingo rooms do struggle to show a profit, after expenses. As you wrote, it is to have a captive audience between sessions, hopefully playing slots. If I were a low-level advantage player I would be focuses on bingo, as there are sometimes advantages to be found.
My number one piece of advice -- play when the Cashball Jackpot is LOW and don't validate. The big jackpots induce too much competition. Remember, in bingo the casino isn't the enemy, it is the OTHER players.
Quote: juiciejenniehay so u have been to HG?
I designed a blackjack game for them once, which I hope you didn't play. Otherwise, I dropped in on the place a few months ago and didn't see anything of interest. I don't think I've ever made a bet there.
Quote: WizardThat is how it still is. Bingo rooms do struggle to show a profit, after expenses. As you wrote, it is to have a captive audience between sessions, hopefully playing slots. If I were a low-level advantage player I would be focuses on bingo, as there are sometimes advantages to be found.
My number one piece of advice -- play when the Cashball Jackpot is LOW and don't validate. The big jackpots induce too much competition. Remember, in bingo the casino isn't the enemy, it is the OTHER players.
I designed a blackjack game for them once, which I hope you didn't play. Otherwise, I dropped in on the place a few months ago and didn't see anything of interest. I don't think I've ever made a bet there.
I would love to have the honor of being the first ever AP backed off from bingo, if there haven't been others yet.
Backed off for my AP play, not for getting drunk and hitting on the old ladies (which I swear to god has never happened with me).
Quote: Swanson234I would love to have the honor of being the first ever AP backed off from bingo, if there haven't been others yet.
That title has been taken.
Once upon a time, there was a parlor that gave all the games. The regular one, specials, little cards, big cards, the lot. Well, there was one simple one that was hard to hit, seldom played, but gave huge prizes.
Since it wasn't a huge draw (it still had regular play), they for whatever reason slacked on the QC. Rather than multiple serial numbers and whatnot, they just switched color every session.
Well, there ain't but 7ish separate colors. So a color played Monday was coming back around Thursday. The Bingo Betty's got wise to it and started marking their cards with pens. Just a little tick mark on called numbers. At the end of the game, the losers went into their purse. Until four days later, that is.
Come day 4, the losers came back out. And the Betty's played right along on bunk cards that had no way to tell of their purchase date.
I ain't sure of the math, but $10 for an eternal chance at a big prize has gotta be an advantage. At the very least, it's a DD vs 6:5 type of advantage ;)
Quote: FaceThat title has been taken.
Once upon a time, there was a parlor that gave all the games. The regular one, specials, little cards, big cards, the lot. Well, there was one simple one that was hard to hit, seldom played, but gave huge prizes.
Since it wasn't a huge draw (it still had regular play), they for whatever reason slacked on the QC. Rather than multiple serial numbers and whatnot, they just switched color every session.
Well, there ain't but 7ish separate colors. So a color played Monday was coming back around Thursday. The Bingo Betty's got wise to it and started marking their cards with pens. Just a little tick mark on called numbers. At the end of the game, the losers went into their purse. Until four days later, that is.
Come day 4, the losers came back out. And the Betty's played right along on bunk cards that had no way to tell of their purchase date.
I ain't sure of the math, but $10 for an eternal chance at a big prize has gotta be an advantage. At the very least, it's a DD vs 6:5 type of advantage ;)
Repeating colors that often is careless enough, but the fact that they didn't date stamp the cards is just idiotic
Quote: Swanson234I would love to have the honor of being the first ever AP backed off from bingo,
I'm forbidden from asking questions about bingo at the Suncoast. They said if I have any questions to call the bingo manager and to NOT ask the staff.
Quote: JBI don't know if you're being facetious or serious
wow, that does kind of show how dumb I am. But thanks for the explanation anyway.
Quote: WizardI'm forbidden from asking questions about bingo at the Suncoast. They said if I have any questions to call the bingo manager and to NOT ask the staff.
lol!! Why?
