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Sertoma bingo hall for sale | The Argus Leader | argusleader.com.
Sertoma Charity Bingo on Kiwanis Avenue is for sale or lease, and officials with the board that ran the business say they have closed to pay more attention to other efforts and charitable causes.
Noon Sertoma Club board member Tom Simmons said Wednesday the business closed July 12. He said it had been in its present location since 1991 but said bingo had been held at another location before the building was constructed.
Officials said last month that bingo would stop for an undetermined amount of time for remodeling. The video lottery area and kitchen remained open. At the time, board members declined to discuss the remodeling project in detail.
In a statement Wednesday, board members thanked all of their patrons for their support and contributions.
“The Sertoma Club will focus its efforts on the Sertoma Butterfly House and the recent addition, the Purdy Marine Cove, along with other charitable pursuits in Sioux Falls and surrounding communities,” the statement read.
The building is listed for sale with the company Simmons works for, Nelson Property Consultants, for $850,000. It also is available for lease.
Jason Shanks, a board member and spokesman for the group, and Monty Misfeldt, president of the club’s board of directors, could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
Last call for bingo at Notre Dame
1Last call for bingo at Notre Dame – Utica, NY – The Observer-Dispatch, Utica, New York.
Last weekend for bingo in Utica, NY’s Notre Dame Junior-Senior high school.
Sertoma Charity Bingo shuts down
1Sertoma Charity Bingo shuts down | The Argus Leader | argusleader.com.
Sertoma Charity Bingo closed Friday and will remain closed for an undetermined amount of time for remodeling, Sioux Falls Noon Sertoma Club board member Jason Shanks said Monday.
Shanks, a spokesman for the group, declined to discuss the remodeling project “due to competition,” but he said the project has not yet begun. He declined comment on how soon or when bingo sessions will resume.
The video lottery area and kitchen at the facility, 506, N. Kiwanis Ave., remain open.
Monty Misfeldt, president of the club’s board of directors, said the board voted on closing bingo at its monthly meeting last Thursday.
“It was a board decision. We needed to do these things with remodeling and stuff,” Misfeldt said. “(The building) needs some help, it needs a facelift. It’s got some age to it.”
Sertoma Charity Bingo’s electronic sign on Kiwanis Avenue on Monday alternated the phrases “Bingo Closed” and “Lottery Open.” Signs on the front doors read, “No Bingo Tonight. Lottery Open. Kitchen Open.”
Misfeldt said that remodeling will begin “when everything falls into place.”
No building permits have been issued yet, according to the city of Sioux Falls’ online building permit database.
The Noon Sertoma Club met Monday at the bingo facility. Initially, Shanks said the group planned to discuss the remodeling project and timeline, but after the meeting he said he could not discuss the purpose of the meeting or elaborate on the project. The group’s meetings are closed to the public.
The Noon Sertoma Club normally meets at noon Tuesdays at Westward Ho Country Club, Shanks said.
Cal Geurts, general manger for Sertoma Charity Bingo, said the facility had two bingo sessions daily and three on Fridays. He declined comment on how many people typically attended the sessions.
Geurts said he ordered signs for the building that say “Bingo Closed, Lottery Open,” and said he learned of the board’s decision to close late Thursday night. Geurts declined further comment.
Randy Maas, manager at Burnside Bingo, said he saw a few more players during the weekend because Sertoma was closed. Burnside has two bingo sessions daily and three on Fridays and Saturdays.
Maas said about 70 percent of the Burnside players are regulars who staff members know by name
He added that he hasn’t heard negative comments about Sertoma Bingo closing.
“I think it did surprise some, but if they can’t go there they’ll come here,” he said. “If they want to play bingo, they’ll find a place to play bingo. It’s more the bingo than the location.”
Play bingo at Hilltop Tavern Wednesday to aid affordable housing
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Want to play bingo for a cause?Hilltop Tavern has teamed up with Real Estate Professionals for Affordable Housing (REPAH) in Jefferson County this month for fundraiser bingo on Wednesday nights.
Bingo starts at 7 p.m. and ends around 9, with prizes donated by the tavern.
Games are a $1 donation per round, and that gives the participant two cards.
“It turns out to be about $10 to play 20 cards for the evening,” said organizer and Realtor Jan Marquardt.
“Barstool Bingo” is a regular Wednesday-night feature at Port Townsend’s Hilltop Tavern, with owners Judy and Pat Lundgren donating prizes. Prizes have included plants, blanket throws and other useful and fun items, Marquardt said.
“It’s been a lot of fun, and there has been a good turnout. I’d say 40 people play, and there’s free pool and ample seating,” Marquardt said. “It enables us to give back to the community.”
REPAH is a nonprofit organization started by the agents in the mid-1990s to help the Haines Street Cottages for OlyCAP’s low-income temporary housing. The organization helps low-income homeowners make emergency repairs to their homes as well as promote and sustain affordable homeownership.
Members include John L. Scott, Hadlock Realty & Development Co. of Port Hadlock, Re/MAX First and Windermere Real Estate in Port Townsend, and Coldwell Banker Town & Country in Port Ludlow.
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O’Fallon, Mo., smoking ban starts Thursday
1O’Fallon, Mo., smoking ban starts Thursday.
Good article about the upcoming smoking ban in O’Fallon, Missouri.
Delta Bingo makes scholarship donation
1Delta Bingo, 3605 Fort Meade Road, donated $1,000 to Laurel High to fund four $250 scholarships to graduating seniors. The scholarships were named the Isabel Harrison Scholarships to honor the mother of Laurel High teacher and coach Thomas Harrison, who presented the awards at the Senior Award Night in May.
San Clemente OKs TV-linked bingo, bigger jackpots
1By FRED SWEGLES
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Original article can be found here.
- In remote-caller bingo, the calls are broadcast via TV monitors to multiple locations, increasing the number of players per game and thus the possible winnings. COURTESY OF BINGO INNOVATIONS OF CALIFORNIA
Big-money bingo soon may be coming to Orange County, with at least two cities – San Clemente and Placentia – already processing proposals from charity organizations wanting to take advantage of a new state law.
On a 5-0 vote Tuesday night, the San Clemente City Council introduced an ordinance to revise the city’s bingo law and allow bigger jackpots authorized by state Senate Bill 290, the Remote Caller Bingo Act.If the council adopts the ordinance in two weeks, it would take effect 30 days later. The San Clemente Elks Lodge says it could have video-linked bingo games up and running a month after that.
Bingo Innovations of California, a company producing the games, would install TV monitors to view the broadcasts in the Elks Lodge at 1505 N. El Camino Real, along with point-of-sale payment equipment used to calculate the pari-mutuel jackpots.
The company, based in Ontario, says it already has games running in Ontario, Desert Hot Springs and Dixon. The company says it’s currently possible to win $300 to $900 in a linked bingo game, depending on the number of people playing.
The game would be the same now being played at churches and American Legion halls except that it’s called via a video monitor to multiple locations, said Craig Van Sant, director of sales and marketing for Bingo Innovations. “The more locations there are, and the more people playing, the higher the prize money,” he said. “This is life-changing money. If we have 10 locations with 100 people playing, you’ll see jackpots in excess of $5,000 a game – $5,000 to $10,000.”
Traditional bingo games in California can’t pay more than $500, Van Sant said. That’s why cities must revise their ordinances to allow higher jackpots under the new state law.
Since the company began offering games March 1, “we have had individuals who have won in excess of $10,000,” Van Sant said. In Dixon, the American Legion is making $20,000 to $25,000 a month from bingo, sales of food and beverages and other activities, he said.
“For an outfit like that, in these economic times, it’s a real saving grace,” Van Sant said. “They’re turning around and donating that money to school booster programs and all kinds of things.”
In San Clemente, Elena Nauman from the Elks Lodge told the City Council that the lodge has supported local causes such as the Boys & Girls Club, scholarships, San Clemente High School Grad Nite, Family Assistance Ministries, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and provided meeting space for groups such as the Marine Corps League, Scouts and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Nauman said the bingo opportunity is vital to the Elks, since they lost their major source of support to maintain their lodge facility when the Marine Corps closed the San Clemente Trap & Skeet Range at the south end of town by barring shot or targets from landing on Camp Pendleton property. The Elks lease the shooting range from the city.
“We’re really, really hurting,” Nauman said.
Kumi Elston, San Clemente’s central services officer, said the Remote Caller Bingo Act was enacted in September. All games are open to the public.
Under terms of the state law, Elston said, 43 percent of the proceeds can go to the Elks for charitable purposes, up to 37 percent can go to prize money and 20 percent goes to the game overhead.
Ken Domer, assistant city administrator in Placentia, said the American Legion has asked the city to consider revising its ordinance to allow remote-caller bingo and that the city is reviewing it. It could go to the City Council in four to six weeks, he said.
To learn more about remote-caller bingo and see a video, visit linkedbingo.com.