Friday, June 30, 2006

What a win!

My mom is in town. She likes to play bingo with me when she is here so we went to Fountain Valley High School Bingo last night. Nice place, quiet. I found a few of my other friends there from El Toro Bingo. We played the bingo and pulled the pull-tabs. I found a $250 winner in the In-Laws fifty cent tab! Hooray.
 
Well, the win just pumped up my mom and since we were only 15 minutes away from Hawaiian Gardens and had an hour left to play there we hauled booty and went. They have a machine there you can play for $40 and it has 2 papers for the next 25 games. No stress, just watch your machine.
 
When we bought the machine, we hadn't found a place to sit. The game was on though. As we stood by a table looking for a seat the lady right next to us yells bingo! She heard the machine go off so mom wanted to see what a bingo on the machine was. I asked to see my mom's machine and SHE HAD A BINGO! Turns out that the machine the lady heard was not hers but my mom's machine!! My mom got the whole win, $250. Whoo hoo!
 
About 10 games later she won by herself again. She is flying high today. Last night was a great night at bingo. Made the 5 o'clock traffic to FV bingo worth it.
 
Have fun bingoholics! Bingoholics unite!
 
LOL

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Getting Burned Out?

Maybe I am getting a bit burned out on Bingo. I won at Hawaiian Gardens. That was a good feeling. Went to Elks, Irvine, and then San Manuel. No wins. San Manuel Casino was relaxing. Right now, tho, if you asked me to, I would turn you down for bingo. Think I will take a break for a week or two. Refresh.
 
I like seeing my friends at bingo. That is why I mostly go. I like chatting with them. Hmmm.
 
I go, good luck all.

Thursday, June 01, 2006

Las Vegas Bingo - Blah

I went to Vegas on Monday. Blah. The bingo was boring there. The payouts were minimal and unless you win the cash ball you only got about $50 for the win. Mostly the low payouts were due to the number of winners you split with. If you got the first 5 numbers in the G row, you won...along with 5 or 6 other people. Forget it if your N balls are not one after another. The first 4 out wins multiple times. I got the O row bingo and won a whole $9. I have not seen a payout that low at any of the schools. Not worth the time and effort, much less the money. Indian Casinos pay much more than Vegas. It has really changed and seems they only want as much of your money as they can get. Slots are down and they are not putting in Keno rooms anymore either. BLAH.
 
I am sticking with OC Bingo. At least if you split, you get over $100 most of the time. And with the different patterns played, you have a better chance of winning. No straight line bingos at the schools or Elks. Patterns also break up the monotony of the game.
 
San Manuel, Irvine Bingo, Elks Bingo, Hawaiian Gardens bingo...here I come!