>> THE POPULAR GAME WILL PATRICK: THE POPULAR GAME WILL -- WILL MAKE ITS RETURN TO THE MILWAUKEE CASINO ON NEW YEAR’S EVE. 12 NEWS HANNAH HILYARD TELLS US WHAT TOOK SO LONG. >> WHAT HAVE PEOPLE BEEN TELLING YOU WHEN IT COMES TO BINGO? >> WHEN? I THINK THAT’S THE BIGGEST QUESTION WE GOT. >> NOW THEY HAVE AN ANSWER. ON NEW YEAR’S EVE, THE LONGEST RUNNING GAME AT THIS MILWAUKEE CASINO WILL MAKE ITS RETURN. >> THAT IS MUSIC TO THE EARS OF SO MANY OF OUR GUESTS. IT’S MUSIC TO THE EARS OF PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE. >> POTAWATOMI’S RYAN AMUNDSON SAYS COVID ORIGINALLY SHUT BINGO DOWN IN 2020. BUT MORE RECENTLY, CASINO RENOVATIONS LEFT THE GAME WITHOUT A HALL. BINGO WILL NOW BE HELD HERE AT THE LEGACY CENTER AT POTAWATOMI HOTEL & CASINO. THE CAPACITY FOR THIS ROOM? ABOUT 600 PEOPLE. THAT’S ABOUT HALF THE CAPACITY OF ITS FORMER HALL, WHICH IS WHY LOYAL BINGO PLAYERS LIKE ERICA >> WE HEARD ON FACEBOOK THAT BINGO IS COMING BACK. >> LINED UP TUESDAY TO ENSURE THEIR NEW YEAR’S EVE PLANS. >> HERE WE ARE, GETTING IN LINE FOR THE PRE-SALE. >> AND WHY? WHY DID YOU WANT TO GET DOWN HERE? >> WELL, IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME, AND WE SURE AS HECK MISS IT. >> A BIG AFTERNOON TO END 2022. >> BETWEEN $500 AND $10,000 PER GAME FOR THAT DAY. THEN DURING THE LAST GAME, GUESTS HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN UP TO $20,000 >> BEFORE BINGO RETURNS REGULARLY IN 202
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Bingo returns to Potawatomi for first time since 2020
The casino's longest-running game returns with special event on New Year's Eve.
After a nearly three-year hiatus, bingo will soon be back at Potawatomi Hotel and Casino. The Milwaukee casino confirmed this week its longest-running game will return for a special event on New Year's Eve. Pre-sale for that session is underway right now at the casino. Regular sessions will then return Jan. 4 and will continue every Wednesday through Sunday. "That is music to the ears of so many of our guests. It's music to the ears of people who work here," Potawatomi's Ryan Amundson said. COVID-19 originally shut bingo down in 2020. More recently, Amundson said casino renovations left the game without a hall.That's why bingo will now be held in the property's Legacy Center. The room has a capacity of about 600 people, half of the former bingo hall. The announcement drew loyal bingo players to Potawatomi Tuesday to secure their New Year's Eve seats. "We heard on Facebook that bingo is coming back," Erica Herrera, of Franklin, said. "It's been a long time, and we sure as heck miss it!"The Dec. 31 event will include 44 games with payouts ranging from $500 to $10,000. "Then during the last game, guests have a chance to win up to $20,000," Amundson said. It's a big afternoon to end 2022 before bingo returns regularly in 2023.
MILWAUKEE —
After a nearly three-year hiatus, bingo will soon be back at Potawatomi Hotel and Casino.
The Milwaukee casino confirmed this week its longest-running game will return for a special event on New Year's Eve. Pre-sale for that session is underway right now at the casino. Regular sessions will then return Jan. 4 and will continue every Wednesday through Sunday.
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"That is music to the ears of so many of our guests. It's music to the ears of people who work here," Potawatomi's Ryan Amundson said.
COVID-19 originally shut bingo down in 2020. More recently, Amundson said casino renovations left the game without a hall.
That's why bingo will now be held in the property's Legacy Center. The room has a capacity of about 600 people, half of the former bingo hall.
The announcement drew loyal bingo players to Potawatomi Tuesday to secure their New Year's Eve seats.
"We heard on Facebook that bingo is coming back," Erica Herrera, of Franklin, said. "It's been a long time, and we sure as heck miss it!"
The Dec. 31 event will include 44 games with payouts ranging from $500 to $10,000.
"Then during the last game, guests have a chance to win up to $20,000," Amundson said.
It's a big afternoon to end 2022 before bingo returns regularly in 2023.
