I love bingo!

Bingo used to be my main form of gambling until I started playing cards and craps. It was a cheap way to spend 2.5 hours and be guaranteed that you won't run out of money before you were done. Last night was one of those nights where funds were kind of limited, but I needed entertaining for a few hours. So my mom, grandpa, and I decided to go play some bingo. We always split any winnings, so there is good chance of winning at least a little.

Game #5: Hard way bingo or hard way block of 6 onto the 4-5-6 was where I had my first bingo. Since it was a game along the way, it pays just $25.

About 7 minutes later: game #7 crazy 6 (6 daubs on the top and bottom lines). This game goes kind of fast. If you "Back Your Pack" (an extra $1 when you buy in) and bingo in 7 numbers or less, you get an extra amount (a progressive of 50% of the "Back Your Pack" sales). When you "get on" in this game, there are 5 numbers that you can bingo with. I didn't bingo in 7 numbers, but $100 is still $100. :+)

Fast forward 80 minutes to game #23: Bonus Split. It's a $1 extra game that pays a percentage of sales (a lower % for bingoing on the top card and the highest for bingoing on the bottom card) and a bonus amount if you bingo a certain number or numbers. I got my bingo on the bottom card for $215!

And that was my fun night at bingo. Now I should do some analyzing of when "Back Your Pack" becomes +ev. Also a bonanza game to analyze. That should keep me busy for a while.

Sweet!
Truthfully, before I turned 21, I went to the Indian Casinos (18+) and one in particular, I went every wednesday for Bingo...$25 for 3 hours of entertainment/brain challenge...funny part was, like my 3rd time in, I hit a $1000 bingo (split with someone else though, doh!)
I played it for a few months afterwards...but I never bingo'd again, lol.

Paying extra for the electronic cards is totally worth it to me. The first time I played, I got the dauber and tried to keep up with all the numbers flying around. It wasn't fun. Now, I just kick back with my cranberry juice, and wait for the "one away" tune to play.

The best part of Bingo is the blue hair's groaning, and under the breath cursing when someone finally hits the coverall.

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Paying extra for the electronic cards is totally worth it to me. The first time I played, I got the dauber and tried to keep up with all the numbers flying around. It wasn't fun. Now, I just kick back with my cranberry juice, and wait for the "one away" tune to play.

The best part of Bingo is the blue hair's groaning, and under the breath cursing when someone finally hits the coverall.

Just the $100 winner was on paper. Once I went to an "All You Can Daub" session for $10. Slow poke me playing 18 cards at once was very entertaining. I normally daub 9, 12 at the most.

When I won the $215, my grandpa didn't realize it was me that won and was doing the grumbling.

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Paying extra for the electronic cards is totally worth it to me. The first time I played, I got the dauber and tried to keep up with all the numbers flying around. It wasn't fun. Now, I just kick back with my cranberry juice, and wait for the "one away" tune to play.

Nah, "computers" aren't fun! You just sit there and watch! :p
"one away" = "cased" (if you miss it)

Miplet,
Are they a 6-on card or a 9-on?
I'm tossed...when it's a 6-on, 2 cards is too few, but three are almost too many, but somehow when they're 9-on, 2 cards is perfect (18 games)

Interesting Side Note: JANugget is the only "casino" in Reno that still has Bingo...

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Nah, "computers" aren't fun! You just sit there and watch! :p
"one away" = "cased" (if you miss it)

Miplet,
Are they a 6-on card or a 9-on?
I'm tossed...when it's a 6-on, 2 cards is too few, but three are almost too many, but somehow when they're 9-on, 2 cards is perfect (18 games)

Interesting Side Note: JANugget is the only "casino" in Reno that still has Bingo...

The only thing that's a 6-on would be a buy in pack. Everything else is a 3-on except for bonanza and speed are 1-ons.

Excellent Mips! And family fun to boot.....I wish my parents would head to the casino with me, let alone my remaining 94 year old grandma!

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Excellent Mips! And family fun to boot.....I wish my parents would head to the casino with me, let alone my remaining 94 year old grandma!

My grandpa is 87. Last week my sister and her boy friend joined us. I do most of my gambling with my mom. At the Crazy Moose, they have a high hand promotion on Sundays, Tuesday, and Thursdays. Sometimes we both go and try to knock each other off the top. (Ha, Ha. My quad 3's bumped your Aces full of Kings off.)

Yesterday was my Mom's birthday, so we (my sister and her boyfriend, my mom and I) decided to go to play bingo. For some reason people started getting mad after our third bingo. Evil words were being said by the time we got to our 7th. Total winnings: $334. Errr no need to mention how much we spent because we "won" right? lol

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Yesterday was my Mom's birthday, so we (my sister and her boyfriend, my mom and I) decided to go to play bingo. For some reason people started getting mad after our third bingo. Evil words were being said by the time we got to our 7th. Total winnings: $334. Errr no need to mention how much we spent because we "won" right? lol

I've never played Bingo before. I have become intrigued since the Wiz actually studied this and posted his research at his odds site. On my next trip starting Nov 2, plan on playing some bingo. Either Plaza or Sams Town.

There are various strategies but taking advantage of inclement weather (wind rain heat) or something can help. The 3:00am AzCharlie session can have fewer than fifty players.
If its a very rainy morning, I'd head for an early session somewhere and hope you beat the crowds.

Its about a plus one percent game to a minus one percent game...depending on how the statisticians sneeze at the end of each year. So go for all the free drinks, free juice and free pastries you can!

The Cannery 9 A.M. session has free danish.

Eastside Cannery had some free Bingo sessions on Thursdays. I think it ended in September but doesn't hurt to check to see if it is still there or will be back soon.

Vegas.com bingo list

Don't know how up to date that is but might help people looking for a good game.

At one time you could buy large numbers of bingo packs with your comp at the Station Casinos. Bob Dancer even played bingo then. They eventually put a cap on the number of packs you could buy and the big boys quit playing bingo.

I just went online and took a look at what Stations is doing with bingo these days. They have a free bingo session almost every morning at 7:30 A.M. You can check which casino for what day online. Ten games, all paper, all paying $100.