Bingo Returning to Las Vegas Strip After More than a Decade
Get your daubers, grandmothers. Once more, you're needed in Las Vegas. For the first time in over ten years, Circus Circus is bringing bingo back to the Strip. The games will begin in a 225-seat hall on the second floor of the casino in mid-February 2026.
Bingo never really left Las Vegas. Locals continue to play at off-Strip establishments such the Suncoast (where regulars play in a 9,170-square-foot hall beneath a 17-foot bouncing bingo ball chandelier), Red Rock, South Point, Cannery, and Palace Station (which was preceded by the Bingo Palace).
However, after filling the bingo hole left by the Frontier's demise in 2007, the game on the Strip stagnated when the Riviera closed in 2015.
The lottery-style game of chance, in which players mark (daub) numbers on a card with the goal of completing a winning pattern and yelling "Bingo!" to claim a prize, will never be able to compete with blackjack or baccarat.
In addition to a few sentimental tourists, it hopes to entice thousands of elderly residents who haven't visited the Strip in decades back into the fading clown house when combined with Circus Circus' unique free parking.
Unintentional Nostalgia
The addition of bingo also helps Circus Circus lean into the inadvertent monopoly it currently has on Las Vegas nostalgia — a monopoly it earned simply by being one of the oldest non-imploded Strip hotels and neglecting to replace most of its games for decades.
The casino, which began in 1968, is the only one to still feature coin-operated slots south of downtown.
Hot dogs, pretzels, nachos, beer, and cocktails—all favorites of previous bingo nights—will be available at the new bingo hall, albeit at 2025 costs. And because to Gen Z’s ironic appreciation of old kitsch, hipsters may even show up for Instagram fodder. (Watch for hashtags like #DauberLife and #BingoIsBack.)
Ten games—regular rounds, a bonus, and a coverall—will be included in six daily sessions for $30 per pack. Bonus and coverall games can be purchased individually for $10 or $20, while additional packs will cost an additional $30. Cash rewards range from $50 to $1,500 for coveralls.
There's more to Circus Circus. The casino floor will be expanded with coin-op slots that were moved from Slots-A-Fun one month after the bingo start.
Moving ahead can occasionally result in moving backward.
