Havingathink

Bring back Bingo! When I was younger, in my late teens and early 20’s, my friends and I enjoyed bingo. We would visit the local bingo halls a few times a month and once a week we would visit the Air Force Base for their weekly bingo sessions.

It was good wholesome fun and sometimes we might even win big. With the advent of Indian gaming, however, most of the bingo halls in town closed down and to enjoy our game we would have to travel to the reservations. As the years went by the bingo halls got smaller and smaller, pushed out by table gaming and slot machines.

Now the bingo hall which once took up most of the building is just a small room in the back. I say bring back bingo. It is a wholesome game that can be a lot of fun. Online bingo such as 888 bingo offers a good outlet for those who enjoy the game and may be the only future for the game I grew to love as a teen. But I will always miss sitting at those long tables, my heart in my throat waiting for the barker to call out that winning number.