Richard Hull, gambling manager for the post, said the weekly event is mostly done for entertainment. Betty McComas joked with Clair Lane as they played a game of bingo. The event caused a lot of conversation around the bar. Fifteen games are played each bingo night. Hull said payouts vary from 70 percent to 90 percent, depending on the number of players and cards purchased.
Many players sit at the bar while marking their bingo cards.
The bar bingo also attracts several senior citizens who arrive early for their weekly 500 card game. Adults are welcome to compete in bar bingo. Let us know with this form. The Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Central Minnesota's Daily Newspaper. Continuing The Weekly Dispatch founded in 1881.