Games
Age
Players must be 18 years or older
Visitors must be 10 years or older
Everyone under 18 must be supervised by an adult
Tobacco
No smoking, vaping, chewing, dipping, or use of any tobacco products inside the building before, during or after a bingo session
This policy applies only to bingo sessions and includes the setup time before and cleanup time after the session has ended
Designated smoking area is at the back of the building under the shelter.
All exterior doors must remain closed at all times
Alcohol
Any consumed alcohol must be purchased from the canteen
No outside alcohol is permitted inside the facility
Food and Other Beverages
The canteen will have limited food and soft-drinks for sale during session
General Behavior
Disrespectful, obnoxious, or offensive behavior, including language, actions, or symbolism, is not allowed
Violators will be asked to leave immediately and may be permanently barred depending on the severity of the offense
Game Rules
A number is deemed “called” when announced by the caller
Participants must call “Bingo” loud enough to interrupt game play
A Bingo is only valid if it contains all called numbers
The bingo need only to be valid and is not dependent on the last called ball
Only game cards purchased the night of the session are valid during the session
It is agains the law!
No outside game cards may be brought into the facility
No “leftover” or previously purchased game cards may be brought into the facility or used
A single “wild” number will be pulled or rolled by a pair of die before general session game play
This number will be considered “wild” the entire night and valid except for the Jackpot game (including games where odd/even numbers are wild)
The ball representing the wild number will add $5 to any payout in the event is comes up during a game play
The “wild” number counts toward any ball counts as the 1st ball called for any given game
Attendance will be taken promptly at the session start time to determine the progressive prize amounts
Players are counted 1 regardless of the number of games purchased
A participant/visitor must have purchased a session packet at minimum to be considered a valid payer for this count
Progressive prizes are set based on being greater than or equal to the player mark
Post 137 reserves the right to increase the prize amounts in the event player count increases after the official count
There are two scheduled breaks during session
Both are for no less than 10 minutes
1st after the 3rd game in the general session
2nd after the 7th game in the general session
Jackpot
**There are no Wild numbers in the Jackpot game
Only cards purchased during the session being called are eligible to win the Jackpot
No previously purchased or cards from any other session will be eligible for any prize, especially in the Jackpot game
Each game pack shall include 1 Jackpot card
Additional Jackpot cards can be purchased prior to the start of the game for $5
New game is the initial Jackpot game and/or the 1st game played after a Jackpot winner is called
The Jackpot game is played on a 5 number card
$5 is awarded to any player matching 3 numbers
$20 is awarded to any player matching 4 numbers
$1,000 is awarded to any player matching 5 numbers
Prizes are cumulative meaning a player matching 5 numbers will have earned $5 for matching 3, $20 for matching 4 numbers, and $1,000 for matching 5 for a total payout of $1,025
A Jackpot winner is called when a valid bingo is determined to match all 5 numbers on a single valid Jackpot card during a single bingo session
The Jackpot will have a fixed number of balls pulled beginning at 15 and increasing by 1 for any session where a Jackpot winner is not called until the max ball count of 25 is reached
Every session after the max 25 ball count is reached will have 25 balls pulled each session