Bingo during Covid
Interesting concept as about 25 years ago WCW tried this with it's annual wrestling PPV event in Sturgis, SD called Hog Wild, where they let bikers attend the show on Harleys for free. Jay Leno even had a tag team "match" with DDP against Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDzN6OwUQ5k
Quote: BedWetterBetterElsewhere, they were recently doing drive-in Bingo with people sitting in their cars while they called numbers a
I used to tag along with my mother while she played car bingo on an Indian Reservation in the late 70's. Didn't get any AP notes though, I was only 5.
Quote: ChumpChangeI don't like to play Bingo unless there's less than 75 people in the room. Local casino Bingo is near 1000 people and they've got too many Bingo cards to count. Bingo used to fund my gambling in the '90's.
You can't beat the game competing against 1000 players. Fortunately the casino is right across the street from where I live and they have capped the number of players to 46 players.
https://usgamblingrefund.com/bingo-winnings
If you have won a bingo jackpot in the US, you were issued an IRS Form 1042-S.
Form 1042 - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_1042
When Are Bingo Wins Taxed?
If you win a bingo jackpot that is at least $1200 USD, your bingo winnings will be reduced by a withholding tax of 30%. However, if you have several bingo wins that add up to $1200 USD or more in a taxation year, you will not be taxed. A further exception is as follows: some Indian tribal bingo halls and casinos in the United States may assess the 30% bingo tax on all bingo winnings (without the need to meet a specified threshold) for US non-residents.
Quote: ChumpChangeBingo Taxes Withheld By The IRS | Recover Your Bingo Winnings Tax
https://usgamblingrefund.com/bingo-winnings
If you have won a bingo jackpot in the US, you were issued an IRS Form 1042-S.
When Are Bingo Wins Taxed?
If you win a bingo jackpot that is at least $1200 USD, your bingo winnings will be reduced by a withholding tax of 30%. However, if you have several bingo wins that add up to $1200 USD or more in a taxation year, you will not be taxed. A further exception is as follows: some Indian tribal bingo halls and casinos in the United States may assess the 30% bingo tax on all bingo winnings (without the need to meet a specified threshold) for US non-residents.
I rarely play the cash ball, but in the event someone hits for over 1200, lets say for 1400, they have the option of taking 1199 cash which is not taxed. The rest goes back into the pool. So you forfeit the balance. Thats the option they give where I play.
Quote: KaterynkaNow, during the isolation it`s unsafe to go out and play Bingo, so I prefer to do it from home far away from pandemic world. So my friend recommended me one cool site which called [Casino URL redacted], maybe you should try it too.
Somehow I was expecting this.... Katerynka, please refer to rule 3. Your post looks like spam.
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/info/rules/2-forum-rules/#post37215
Do you have some numbers on all this? Payouts, number of people, what kind of packs you are playing etc.Quote: VegasriderYou can't beat the game competing against 1000 players. Fortunately the casino is right across the street from where I live and they have capped the number of players to 46 players.
Quote: AxelWolfDo you have some numbers on all this? Payouts, number of people, what kind of packs you are playing etc.
What I have noticed, and its surprising, unlike the table games, the bingo rooms have not adjusted the sessions, payouts or buy ins after cutting their capacity by 60%. As a bingo player, you should be taking advantage of this every day in Las Vegas. Unfortunately I live up north, and my options to play is limited. Far as I'm concerned, this pandemic has been the best thing that has ever happened when it comes to playing Bingo.
Axelwolf, are you in Vegas or up around Reno?
Quote: WizardThis thread tempted me to play a session, which I did yesterday. I wrote an article on the experience: CORONAVIRUS BINGO PART 2.
By chance did you notice the adjusted maximum occupancy? I asked my local bingo room, and they cap it at 46, I think the room holds like 175. There have been times where they were turning people away, which was great. Where I play, you can load up to 240 cards in the machines for their regular sessions. When I lived in Vegas I use to play at the Suncoast a lot after Stations put a cap on the coverall cards. I usually would play their 3 chance 1k coverall sessions or the double/triple payout sessions.
Just this Monday, I hit 50% of all bingos, which included the coverall. What sucks is that the payouts are horrible up north. The only reason I play is because I can use the promo chips that I receive each week for bingo. So I only spend $3, which covers the rent of the electronic machine.
Quote: VegasriderBy chance did you notice the adjusted maximum occupancy? I asked my local bingo room, and they cap it at 46, I think the room holds like 175. There have been times where they were turning people away, which was great.
No. I'll look for that my next time there. As you know, the Suncoast bingo room is huge. On a normal session it is only about 25% full. I did see they had plexiglass protectors around just some of the "big screens," but don't know if it was against the rules to play at an unprotected one.
Quote:Where I play, you can load up to 240 cards in the machines for their regular sessions. When I lived in Vegas I use to play at the Suncoast a lot after Stations put a cap on the coverall cards. I usually would play their 3 chance 1k coverall sessions or the double/triple payout sessions.
Did you used to play the 9:00 PM session at the Red Rock? I loved those coverall cards until they put that cap on them.
Just 30 players
One game, 17 bingos
WTF
Quote: terapinedJust played Bingo at Sam's Town
Just 30 players
One game, 17 bingos
WTF
You are saying that there were multiple winners for a single bingo game? That is not uncommon? Nothing worse than splitting a payout with another winner.
If you were given the chance by the bingo room, would you pay extra money for insuring your cards so that in the event there were multiple winners, you would receive the full pay? I like to call it bingo insurance.
