Much was made of Circus Circus’ recent announcement they were bringing live bingo back to the Strip. Any update as to how it’s doing?
Yes, Circus Circus opened its new vintage-style bingo hall, called Lucky’s Bingo Room, in mid-February, marking the first bingo hall on the Las Vegas Strip in over a decade (since the Riviera closed in 2015). It's located on the second-floor Promenade Level through a door at the back of the skyrise casino near the entrance to the Adventuredome theme park, described as a 'lightly repurposed' space with new carpeting and paint.
Lucky's has a capacity of 255 players per session, making it among the smaller bingo rooms in the city. By comparison, the room at the Gold Coast accommodates 720 players, though the one at Foxwoods in Connecticut has space for 2,200. Jerry's Nugget and Silver Severn' rooms have around 200 seats.
As for how it's been doing in its first two months or so, we have only anecdotal feedback from visitors on social media, Instagram reels, and YouTube. We couldn't find any public posts directly commenting on crowd sizes, so we reduced to inferring moderate turnout that doesn't generate strong buzz, as in, "Wow, the joint was jumping" or "Jeez, the venue was completely vacant."
We found one YouTube video that gives a glimpse through the front doors at the backs of a few players.
Since Circus is privately owned (by Phil Ruffin), we'll never see any numbers from the place and no games are broken down by property in the Gaming Control Board monthly reports, only by jurisdiction. So unless someone reading this who's been to Lucky's can comment on it, unfortunately, that's about as good as it'll get until we stop by and take a look for ourselves, which we're meaning to do.
People describe the experience as fun, chaotic in a good way, and a genuine throwback— with comments like “paper cards, daubers flying, it’s chaos but so much fun” and stories of winning (one visitor posted about winning twice on their first visit).
The manual daubing and live calling add a social, interactive element that some find stressful but entertaining compared to electronic bingo.
There are very few public posts directly commenting on crowd sizes or sessions being packed/empty. This could indicate:
Moderate turnout that doesn't generate strong "wow, it's slammed" or "it's dead" buzz.
The hall's 255-seat capacity is ambitious for a niche, old-school game on the tourist-heavy Strip (bingo traditionally draws more locals at off-Strip properties).
One early visitor review on Reddit (in a thread sharing info shortly after opening) called the overall experience "great" and mentioned winning a game, with no complaints about low turnout or overcrowding. A low-view YouTube review from about a month ago exists but doesn't highlight massive crowds in its title or description.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr3pV3voisk
