My boyfriend and I both play Bingo back at home...so it was our mission to play in Vegas! We had taken the free shuttle from Bally's over to the Rio Hotel for the buffet. I remembered that in Vegas, Bingo is played every other hour. It was 10PM and I thought that we should head over to Gold Coast and play the last session at 11PM. \n\nGold Coast is right across the street from the Rio, we jaywalked (shhh...don't tell anyone!) over there. It's at the opposite end of the casino on the second floor. This is a HUGE bingo hall. Like others have said, it is very nice, open and clean. \n\nWe only play paper. Even though I know how to play bingo, these games were a little bit different than I'm used to. Since we had about a half an hour until the session started, the lady was nice enough to explain to us what was what.\n\nWe decided to go with two tan packs, which were the highest paying packs if you won. Then we paid the $1 for the hot ball (or whatever the call it), $1 for Game 8 (a coverall bonus game) and $1 for an extra game that was played with Game 1. \n\nWe didn't win this time around...but we did go back the next day with my friend! \n\nMy friend who we went with the second day is an even bigger bingo player than I am. This time I had more of a clue about how the games were played.\n\nI bought a small rainbow pack, which is basically like playing four packs at once. That was $12. Then I bought the extra game that is played with Game 1 for $1, bought the hot ball for $1 and bought Game 8 for $2. In total, I spent $16 ($36 because I bought my boyfriends games too). None of us won again, but we still had a lot of fun.\n\nOn the second day, I had been drinking one of those Paris Eiffel Tower drinks. I was pretty tipsy by the second to last game, so it was really hard for me to concentrate on daubing, haha. \n\nAlso, they only take CASH. And like every other hotel, if you sign up for their Rewards Card or Frequent Player Card or whatever they call it, you'll get a discount on your packs. I'm trying to plan our trip next year to come for their $500,000 bingo tournament...yes, we're that big of Bingo fans. We don't care if there's a 50 year age gap or not!!!
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