BINGO

On Friday night a couple of my friends and I were sitting around trying to decide what to do.  After only a few minutes, the only things we could come up with were rent a movie, go to a movie, and bowling, which were not appealing at all.  After seraching around online for awhile, one of my friends came up with the idea of playing Bingo at Oneida Casino in Green Bay.  This was something none of us had ever done before, and since we had nothing better to do, we all piled into my car and headed towards Green Bay.

I assumed that not many people would be playing Bingo at 9 pm on a Friday night, but I was compltely wrong.  As we pulled into the back lot, which was where the Bingo hall was located, I saw row after row lined with cars.  The place was packed, and it took almost twenty five minutes to get through one of the four lines to get our boards.  We walked into the extremely large open room and saw at least 400 people! I was completely shocked by the turn out.

After searching for an emptly table, I noticed tubes of what looked like paint sitting in front of people on the tables.  One of my friends leaned over and asked an older lady who had about 12 what they were used for.  She looked at us like we were complete idiots and responded by saying they were for marking your boards and you could get them at the front desk. 

We finally found where the tubes of paint were, which I learned were called daubers, and got situated.  All of a sudden a very serious voice came over the loud speaker and began reading of the bingo balls.  I couldn't believe how serious and tesne the room became once the game started.  I looked around and people were acting like they were taking an extremely hard test.  This was the exact opposite of what I expected!

Finaly, after about two and a half hours, Bingo was finished.  I couldn't believe how serious people got while playing.  I over heard alady talking about hoo she plays three times a week!  I really wish I would have asked her if she had actually ever won!  Even though Bingo is probaly something I wouldn't invest time and money into on a weekly basis, it was definitely something I'm glad I experinced.