Although in the places like the UK, bingo has been growing in popularity, it seems that bingo aficionados in Las Vegas have increasingly fewer places to play their favorite game.

Most of Las Vegas' bingo patrons are getting up their in years, and as a dying breed, venues are disappearing and becoming more obscure and less glamorous. The bingo halls that were once mainstays at the Sahara, Riviera and other resorts on the Strip have vanished. Now, all the bingo halls that have survived are located in the surrounding neighborhoods, not in the center of town.

Its loyal fans are lamenting bingo's demise. Bingo halls have become much more than just place way to make (or lose) fast money. Regulars have found at the bingo hall a rich social network that will be sorely missed as bingo halls continue to fade away.