Circus Circus on line casino brings bingo again to Strip | Casinos & Gaming

For the primary time in additional than a decade, bingo has a house on the Strip.

Circus Circus hotel-casino will open a nostalgia-inspired bingo corridor on Friday afternoon, marking a return of the low-cost, social game-of-chance to the resort hall.

Lucky’s Bingo Room is a part of Circus Circus’ broader effort to lean into its value-oriented id, providing guests lower-priced choices as prices climb elsewhere on The Strip. In addition to reasonably priced playing, the brand new bingo corridor will function low-cost meals and drinks, together with $2 scorching canines, popcorn and pretzels.

“We’re trying to go vintage. We’re trying to go old school. We’re trying to bring Vegas back to Vegas,” Shana Gerety, normal supervisor of Circus Circus, stated throughout a media preview occasion Wednesday night time. “We’re really just trying to bring back fun.”

The 255-seat Circus Circus bingo corridor is situated on the second flooring, simply previous the doorway to The Adventuredome theme park.

Lucky’s Bingo Room is open Thursday by Sunday for 5 periods each day, with the primary session beginning at 1 p.m. Each session will function 10 paper-only video games, together with conventional bingo rounds, a bonus sport and a coverall. Daubers can be found for buy from a merchandising machine contained in the bingo corridor, ranging in value from $2 to $4.

A full session package deal will value $30, with add-on playing cards obtainable, and all prizes shall be paid in money, from $50 payouts to high prizes of $1,500.

Bingo was as soon as a typical fixture in Las Vegas casinos. The sport steadily vanished from main Strip resorts as operators shifted flooring house towards higher-margin playing and sights. The final important property to supply bingo on the Strip, the Riviera, closed in 2015.

Since then, bingo has remained largely the area of locals casinos, the place the sport continues to attract regular crowds.

Circus Circus executives say the timing for a revival is sensible. As guests grapple with rising costs for leisure, eating and desk minimums, casinos throughout the valley have been looking for methods to supply lower-cost experiences that also really feel uniquely “Vegas.”

“I think this is something that is going to separate Circus Circus from everybody else,” Gerety stated.

The transfer additionally aligns with broader tendencies out there.

Some on line casino operators are feeling the pushback from company over steadily climbing prices, from resort charges to meals costs to gaming limits. Value-focused properties akin to Circus Circus are leaning into that second, pitching themselves as options to the more and more premium environment elsewhere on the Strip.

Analysts recommend choices like bingo, low-stakes desk video games and budget-friendly meals choices may help resorts seize guests who nonetheless wish to gamble and be entertained however are extra selective about the place they spend.

“Why not be something different?” Gerety requested rhetorically in response to the enterprise rationale behind opening a retro sport in a metropolis recognized for being on the leading edge. “We’re hoping that with some of the different things that we’re bringing online, that it is going to spark additional reasons for people to come here to Circus Circus.”

Contact David Danzis at [email protected] or 702-383-0378. Follow @AC2Vegas_Danzis on X.