Durant Square Bingo

$ 15 for your buy-​in + $ 1 for your raffle ticket thingy.
For the price, it’s worth checking out.
Sellers on the floor are a different story though.
As soon as a new side game was on the floor, one seller went straight to a regular. My mom and aunty were the first ones, if not the only ones, calling for that certain side game only to be told «Ok be right there» as she walked right past and went straight to what I presume to be a regular, let alone someone who didn’t call out for that particular game/​seller.
Bruh, seriously?
Another seller always seemed to be more concerned with chatting with players/​coworkers as opposed to selling the side games. It always took numerous calls to get him to come to our table. He’d sell to people around us, wander off, then come back.
I’m a bingo caller/​seller myself and none of this sht flys. Disappointed with customer service from these 2 sellers.

My mom and I go there all the time and we have won a couple of times, however last night my mom has the worst experience ever. My mom was sitting in front of the bingo caller and she won on a double action and yelled bingo. Paul cam over to verify and when he was going to tell the number to Erick he called the next ball and someone else won. According to Erick he did not hear the bingo but then he heard the other winner who is all the way to the back. I believe is not fair specially if one of their workers even took away the paper from my mom to verify, what a bunch of BS! It makes me think there is cheating going on because once I tought I had won also and was waiting for the number, Erick took forever to call the next number and last minute someone yelled Bingo. Anyways it was really unfair what happened to my mom and I feel really bad for her and she does not even speak well English so she could no defend herself.

This bingo hallow filthy. The ladies restroom is stinks and never tp. Roaches are so abundant it’s like they are playing too. Security people are rude, non helpful and are not managed. Save your money and run as far as you can

This is a great bingo hall with nice workers low cost for buy in with lots of money you can win i highly recommend trying it out.

My wife and I played bingo for the first time ever the past two nights. We paid $ 10 per person and got one machine and one pack. The price is very reasonable.
Without knowing much about Bingo it was very hard to follow the games and figure out what patterns were and were not Bingos because this isn’t like Bingo when you were little. However, there were plenty of very nice people (regulars) willing to teach us the ropes.
We both enjoyed playing enough to go back a second night in a row but I would recommend finding a smaller and maybe a little slower paced game if you are new to Bingo.
Tips:
Sit by the TVs so you can see the next number up before its called.
Dont play the pull tab side games, especially the $ 1 ones because you are not guaranteed numbers and could waste a lot of money. The $ 5 ones are better if you must.
Although my wife and I did like playing I think we might look somewhere else to call our Bingo home because with nearly 250 people every night its really tough to win but for the price, it is worth checking out.

We decided to treat our Mom here for Mothers day and it was a hit! For $ 15 you get a digital Bingo machine and paper cards. I am not a Bingo person, but I knew our Mom loved Bingo so we took one for the team! The place is located right next to Food Maxx in San Leandro. The Hall itself is pretty big and clean. Word to the wise. This place is NO joke to those professional Bingo Goers. They come equipped with the rainbow dabbers. They have plenty of other «side» bet games going on, so you actually could spend WAY more than $ 15 if you want to be more adventurous. They call the numbers pretty fast too, so thank good ness for the machines. I don’t know if I can ever get into the whole Bingo thing, but it was fun for family.

it was okayyy but it doesnt seem as organized as other bingo halls i’ve been to. people in my group were having trouble with the machines and when we asked for help, the floor workers came over and would just look at us as if they were waiting for us to finish the question, only the question had already been finished… a good 15 seconds ago! so they were no help. and the floor workers skipped us a lot when we’re trying to buy flash. we got some from this girl, and when we yelled out flash a couple minutes later to get more, she kept saying, ‘you already got this one’. so what?! people want to buy more! you’d be making money! whats the dispute??! anyways, $ 15 for two machines and a couple of specials. not a bad price but you get what you pay for. also there are lots of people playing and each game would last about 2 minutes so the bingos go quick. but try it out, everyone has a different idea of whats good.

I recently moved to the area, and was looking for some good bingo action. Now, keep in mind, the bingo I have been to is late night bingo at a casino, where it is a party atmosphere. The kind of place when O69 is called everyone shouts Ohhhh! Fun. This is not that, unfortunately. Though for the money, it is cheap and a good time! Location could be better, but it is well served by AC Transit. People are super helpful and truly want you to win. I had a great time, and I will be back soon! I think I found my new bingo hall… Now if I could just win a game that’d be nice.

Bingo will be bingo! lol While I was there the lights went out… lol but the sellers were funny lol when the lights went out one of the sellers was like «OKAY WHO TOUCHED MY BUTT?» lol Only 3 stars because I hate the asshole parkers.

This place is a good one. Although I didn’t win on my first time here, I had a good time. The staff were friendly and the crowd wasn’t too grumpy. The payouts are $ 500 in the evenings so well worth the minimum $ 15 spent.
They use machines here. I am new to machines. When I asked if someone could show me how to use them, the staff looked at me like I was dumb. That is why I gave 4 stars. Luckily a woman overheard me and offered to assist me on my first visit to their bingo hall. So grateful that she did cause I would not have had a clue what to do. Their hall is geared more towards regulars, they don’t explain much about the game cards. So if you are a first timer I suggest going with a buddy or sitting next to someone who looks friendly.
They are located upstairs, above Chase Bank. There aren’t many signs for this place. There is also a Food Maxx in the same parking lot.

Tested out my luck here for the first time and I won $ 500 on the last game of the night — blackout bingo. Call me lady luck or maybe it was my betty boop dobber, but for $ 16 and nearly 30 games to win a possible $ 500 within 3 hours is not bad at all. Your money goes a long way here compared to casinos where you can lose $ 15 in less than 5 minutes. The establishment is pretty clean and the people are super friendly and don’t mind explaining the different games if you’re a first timer like I was. It does get crowded so come early.

So my boo and I were on a quest to find cute mom and pop shops that sell hoochie club gear that is passable for prom. After finding the Durant Marketplace, which is also pretty cool, I noticed Bingo on the outside of the building and figured it would be a fun date place. After all, what better way to bond than to go help out the community together (this bingo claims that it’s for charity) with a chance to win some money?
Bingo was pretty cool. Not as cheap as I thought it would be. It ended up being $ 25 a person, but you spend at least 4 hours there. It was 12:30 — 4:30, and you end up playing 20 games or so, with some optional games in between. You get 2 bingo machines which end up being like 160 cards in each machine or something, and you just punch in the numbers and it tells you when you win. It’s not like the typical bingo where you just have to line up 5 numbers in a row, but you have to get different shapes, like a stamp, a block of 9, or a square. It was pretty overwhelming for beginners, but the volunteers and other folks around you are pretty helpful. Just don’t ask too many questions, because that might be bad luck for some folks!
Each game, you can win anywhere from $ 350 to $ 1000. If more than one person bingos the prize is split. It’s not in the nicest area, and the main clientele is exactly the opposite of what you would find in Walnut Creek or Concord, if you know what I mean — these folks are in the opposite end of the socio-​economic spectrum. But it was pretty cool to see the diversity in this place with everyone gettin their bingo on– white, black, latino, asian. Everyone there is super friendly, and most folks are helpful.
There was an intermission in the middle along with 2 optional games, so my boo and I started gathering up our stuff to go out to lunch, and I think we might have insulted everyone there. They looked at us as if we were crazy and they all told us to leave our stuff there. «Ain’t nobody gonna mess wit it.» We come back 40 min later, with precious vittles from a Taqueria and sure enough, everything was just as we left it.
All in all, it was a pretty good adventure. We didn’t win anything, but it’s okay, my boo and I already feel like winners when we’re together.

Good bingo hall and they give you three free one-​thousand dollar games on top of what you buy. They gave me a free buy-​in the week of my birthday and I won a thousand dollars — so cool!!!