Everyone has a dream of winning the big bucks in bingo, right? But does it really happen? Yes, actually it does.
While bingo wins are usually modest amounts—from $50 to $250 (or less if you have to share)—there have been big wins in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Most bingo rooms include a jackpot tied to each particular session, plus special jackpots tied to other games, and these start out small but grow over time, generally based on attendance. Big recent wins include one at South Point, for $88,036 in July; and another huge jackpot of $68,633 at Suncoast. At Sam’s Town, a lucky guy won $10,082 on Aug. 1 and another took home a nearly $37,000 jackpot on Aug. 5, but at bingo rooms all over town, you’ll find possibilities like this.
In Las Vegas, you can play at 16 different bingo rooms. Here are some bingo highlights, tips and special games to ponder:
In all rooms, social distancing means you generally won’t be sitting right across or next to your neighbor; rooms are sanitized often and face masks are required. You can choose to play on paper, or choose electronic and have a machine do the daubing for you. If you validate bingo packs, you are eligible to win if you bingo on the special number (cash ball, hot ball, hall ball or other names). This usually costs $1 per pack per session and $2 for the second chance if offered. Do this—it does cost extra, but it could mean an extra $500 or more if you do win on that number. These prizes increase daily.
At the Plaza in downtown Las Vegas, you can play six times daily, with additional games to choose from in each session, with potentially big payouts, like the Dual Daub and Bonanzas worth up to $50,000, and the Bingo Millions game. That’s played along with the coverall game and is also played in bingo rooms across the country where, yes, million-dollar jackpots have been won.
Jerry’s Nugget on Las Vegas Boulevard has a special game scheduled on Sept. 5, with four $1,000 coveralls. And in regular sessions, you could win up to $10,000 on the final coverall.
In Summerlin, Rampart Casino offers several sessions that offer $1,000 coveralls, plus second- and third-chance coveralls. At press time, the special dual action jackpot stood at almost $48,000—wouldn’t that be a nice payday?
Boyd Gaming’s Suncoast in Summerlin was the site of that huge $68,000 win at the end of July and at press time, its Dual Daub jackpot was over $20,000. Other Boyd rooms—Gold Coast, Sam’s Town and the all-paper Aliante—each have similar special games; at press time, Sam’s Town Dual Daub stood at $48,000.
While Boulder Station, Santa Fe Station, Palace Station, Green Valley Ranch and Red Rock Station casinos all offer paper and electronic bingo, its Sunset Station bingo room is paper only. But that doesn’t mean you can’t win big—the progressive coverall was $63,000 at press time.
Although Arizona Charlie’s Decatur and Arizona Charlie’s Boulder no longer offer 24 hour bingo, they have eight sessions daily and special games and jackpots—one player recently won more than $72,000.
And South Point gave away $88,036 in its Double Action game on July 23. Currently, the huge bingo room’s Double Action jackpot stands at more than $39,000.
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