Bingo

Bingo Reopens Thursday, June 17th

Hello Loyal Halifax Forum Bingo Customers,

We are excited to announce that the Halifax Forum Bingo hall will be re-opening after being closed for over a month and half due to COVID-19.  Our first day back will be Thursday, June 17th.

We will begin taking reservations on Wednesday. June 16th from 12:30pm to 3:30pm. At that time, you will be able to book reservations for Thursday, June 17th, Friday, June 18th and Saturday, June 19th.

Our bingo’s will return to being open every night with the exception of Monday night’s. Our reservation phone line will also be open every day except Monday.

The reservation line number is 902-490-4537. In the short term, it is open every day ( except Monday) from 12:30pm to 4:30pm. When you call, you can book that nights bingo, plus the following 2 nights of bingo. Walk-in reservations will also be accepted at the door if space allows. Please stay tuned for an exciting announcement in regards to an on-line booking option coming soon.

We have made one change to our existing bingo format. The last game that played a full card game only for $1000, will now be changed to the following:

Around the Free – $100

Around the World – $200

Full card for $700

The $5000 must go the Rainbow game that was originally scheduled for Thursday, April 22nd, 2021 before the most recent COVID-19 restriction shutdown, will be rescheduled for Tuesday, June 22nd. You can start booking reservations for this date on Saturday, June 19th. We have added a second reservation line on that Saturday only from 12:30pm to 2pm. The second line number will be 902-490-2363.

As it was before the most recent shut down, the Health and Safety of our customers and staff is our number one priority. Therefore, we continue to have several COVID-19 safety protocols in place highlighted by:

  • Masks must be worn at all time ( except when eating and drinking at your table)
  • Do not come to bingo if you are feeling unwell or have any signs or symptoms of COVID-19
  • Hand sanitize upon entry to the hall
  • Stay at least 6 feet apart from everyone whom is not in your social group.

 

On Sunday, June 20th, our progressive pots will start at:

Toonie – $2048

Progressive Bonanza – $2500 in 52 numbers or less

Rainbow Loonie – $5000

One liner Loonie – $5000

Doors Open: 5:00pm

Warm-up: 6:15pm

Regular Bingo: 7:30pm

Info Line: 902-451-1900

Office: 5:30pm – 9:45pm

Office Phone: 902-490-4537

Email: kerrt@halifax.ca

Bingo Reopens as of June 17th, 2021

 

On Sunday, June 20th, our building pots will be as follows:

Rainbow Loonie – $5000

One Loonie – $5000 

Twoonie Amount – $2048

Progressive Bonanza – $2500 in 52 numbers or less.

  1. Due to the social distancing guidelines, we have had to drastically reduce our table and seating capacity. Therefore, the customer demand for seating might be higher than what we can safely fit in our building. At least in the short term, we will be using a phone-in reservation system to guarantee seating until capacity is reached. If there are available spots, walk-ins will be permitted until table / seating capacity is reached on a first come first serve basis. Please review the reservation tab on this website for more information.
  2. Bingo is open on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The only day we are closed is Monday
  3. Please sit at your assigned table and sit with who you booked with.
  4. We will only be seating people on one side of the table, with a maximum of 2 per table, to ensure staff can sell cards without getting too close. We highly encourage customers to sit in pairs, but will make allowances for those customers who might be playing bingo without anyone in their 10 person gathering limit. UPDATE: We have added some tables for 3 and 4 people to sit together who are in the same social bubble.
  5. Staff will be required to wear masks on the floor and follow a sanitizing schedule.
  6. Customers will be required to use hand sanitizer upon entry into the bingo hall.
  7. It is highly recommended that you bring a bottle of hand sanitizer with your bingo supplies for your personal use at your table. Several hand sanitizer dispensers will be available in the hall as well..
  8. The new Public Health requirement is that masks must be worn at all times by everyone in indoor public places. This includes Bingo.
  9. Please respect the 6 foot social distancing rules, we have done our best to ensure this is easily done within the hall. Please be patient and try and follow the rules the best you can.
  10. We will try and disinfect all high touch surfaces regularly during the night.
  11. When bingo is over we will have to follow a strict exiting procedure. We will go row by row. If you are nervous or are not in a hurry please be patient and wait until everyone has exited.
  12. Unfortunately, due to our diminished in-hall capacity, our pricing and prize structure has been slightly altered. Please review the bingo format section of this website for details.
  13. At the present time, there will be no canteen service or water station. There will be a pop / water vending machine that will be sanitized throughout the night. At this time, please feel free to bring whatever food requirements you might have, as well as a water bottle.
  14. Our loyalty program is not active at the present time
  15. If possible, please try to have exact change for each cash transaction. Especially for floor sales
  16. For the health and safety of everyone in our facility, customers displaying any of the signs of COVID-19 will be refused entry. Please stay home and cancel your reservation if you have one of the following symptoms of COVID-19:
    1. fever (chills, sweats)
    2. cough or worsening of a previous cough
    3. sore throat
    4. Headache
    5. shortness of breath
    6. muscle aches
    7. Sneezing
    8. nasal congestion or runny nose
    9. hoarse voice
    10. Diarrhea
    11. unusual fatigue
    12. loss of sense of smell or taste
    13. red, purple or bluish lesions on the feet, toes or fingers without clear cause.

We want to thank everyone in advance for being patient in this unprecedented time.

We are really excited to get back to bingo!

Our reservation policy in the short term is as follows:

The reservation phone line is 902-490-4537. The times the reservation line will be open, and the dates you can book for during each time is below. There is no voice message. Therefore, if the line is busy, please keep trying until you reach someone during the designated time. Tables / seats are booked on a first come first serve basis. Once our table capacity becomes full for each day, we cannot take any more reservations. Nightly walkins will be allowed if capacity is not reached by previous reservation. Once capacity is reached, no more walkins will be allowed.

Reservation Times:

-Monday’s – Closed
-Tuesday’s: 12:30 pm to 4:30pm. You can book for that night (if spots are still available) and you can book for Wednesday night and Thursday Night
-Wednesday’s: 12:30 pm to 4:30pm You can book for that night ( if spots are available) and you can book for Thursday and Friday night
-Thursday’s: 12:30 pm to 4:30pm. You can book for that night (if spots are still available) and you can book for Friday night and Saturday Night
-Friday’s: 12:30 pm to 4:30pm. You can book for that night (if spots are still available) and you can book for Saturday night and Sunday night.
-Saturday’s:12:30 pm to 4:30pm. You can book for that night (if spots are still available) and you can book for Sunday night and Tuesday night
-Sunday’s: 12:30 pm to 4:30pm. You can book for that night (if spots are still available) and you can book for Tuesday night and Wednesday night

When the reservation line closes each day at 4:30pm, we will leave a voice message on the reservation line ( 902490-4537) with the amount of walk-in tables that are available each night.

Suggestion: The reservation line is generally very busy between 12:30pm and 1:30pm. If you are not looking to book a specific seat, you might want to wait until after that time period to call in as there is less a chance the line will be busy. That is especially true if you are booking for a future night other than the day you are calling.

 

  • Single 3up 9 page – $6.00
  • Single 3up 17 page – $10.00
  • Double 6up 17 page – $16.00
  • Triple 9up 17 page – $22.00
  • 12 up 17 page – $26.00 (electronic option available)
  • 15 up 17 page – $28.00
  • 18 up 17 page – $ 30.00 (electronic option available)
  • 36 up 17 page – $45.00 (electronic only)
  • All Loose Specials – $1.00 ( excluding One Liner and Rainbow Game )
  • Breakopen: $1.00 each
  • Bonanza: .50 cents each
  • One Liner: $2.00 (includes $1 towards One liner Loonie pot)
  • Rainbow 50/60/70 Premium Special $3.00 (includes $1 to Rainbow Loonie pot)
  • Extra’s Toonie Jar: $2

Warm Up Bingo Begins at 6:15 pm

3up, 27 page Book containing all your warm-up games – $8.00
6up, 27 Book containing all your warm-up games – $15.00
All packages contain 4 cards for $1.00. Mini Special and Mini Jackpot are $1.00 each

Bonanza: The first 47 Bonanza numbers will be called before Mini Game #1

 Game  Game #  Win With…  Prize
 Free / Chocolate  1  1 Line or 4 Corners  $5.00
 Mini Book #1
 Orange  2  1 Line or 4 Corners  $10.00
 Blue  3  $10.00
 Light Green  4  $10.00
 Sky Blue  5  $10.00
 Mini Book #2
 Teal  6  1 Line or 4 Corners  $15.00
 Light Brown  7  $15.00
 Grey  8  $15.00
 Navy Blue  9  $15.00
 Mini Book #3
 Green  10  1 Line or 4 Corners  $20.00
 Pink  11  $20.00
 Red  12  $20.00
 Aqua  13  $20.00
 Mini Book #4
 Red  14  1 Line or 4 Corners  $25.00
 Lime  15  $25.00
 Grey  16  $25.00
 Brown  17  $25.00
 Mini Book #5
 Tan  18  1 Line or 4 Corners  $30.00
 Yellow  19  $30.00
 Violet  20  $30.00
 Mint  21  $30.00
 Mini Book #6
 Pink  22  1 Line or 4 Corners  $40.00
 Lavender  23  $40.00
 Yellow  24  $40.00
 Purple  25  $40.00

Yellow Single                               Game 26             2 lines or 1 line & 4 corners      $50.

Purple or Red Single                    Game 27             2 lines or 1 line & 4 corners     $100.00

 

Regular Bingo begins at 7:30pm

The “Toonie Jar” number is good on all regular games in your regular door books.
 

 Game  Colour  Win With…  Prize
# 1  Sky Blue  2 Lines or 1 Line and 4 Corners  $150.00
# 2  Grey  2 Lines or 1 Line and 4 Corners  $150.00
 1st Special (In Book)  Pink  Any 2 Postage Stamps  1/2 Take
# 3  Yellow  2 Lines or 1 Line and 4 Corners  $150.00
# 4  Orange  2 Lines or 1 Line and 4 Corners  $150.00
2nd Special (In Book) Green
 		 Letter X 1/2 take
#5
 		 Red 2 lines or 1 line and 4 corners $150.00
     
 Special (separate)
  Candy Stripe  One Liner (one line game, 4 corners do not count $1.00 of sales goes towards special loonie pot  1/2 Take
 # 6  Navy  2 Lines or 1 Line and 4 Corners  $150.00
 # 7  Brown  2 Lines or 1 Line and 4 Corners  $150.00
 3rd Special (In Book)  Aqua / Orange  One Line – Outer border only  1/2 Take 
 Special (separate) Small Kite  Lime  Small Kite Any Direction  1/2 Take
 # 8  Pink  2 Lines or 1 Line and 4 Corners  $150.00
 4th Special (In Book)  Tan  Around the Free Plus 4 Corners  1/2 Take
 5 MINUTE INTERMISSION
 # 9  Violet  2 Lines or 1 Line and 4 Corners  $150.00
 # 10  Yellow  2 Lines or 1 Line and 4 Corners  $150.00
 # 11  Lime  2 Lines or 1 Line and 4 Corners  $150.00
 Block of 6  Brown  Block of 6 – free space does not count  1/2 Take 
 Special Dual Dab  Blue  2 Lines Corners do not count  1/2 Take 
 Completion of Bonanza    Full Card  1/2 Take
( Full Card in the allotted #’s pays progressive pot instead of 1/2 take)

Progressive pot starts at $1000 in 50 numbers or less. It increases $100 each night of bingo to a cap of $7000

and we add a number every 7th night of bingo ( after the 1st night) until it is won
 # 12  Green  2 Lines or 1 Line and 4 Corners  $150.00
 Special  – Rainbow Game    6up White / Red/Blue  will win  50/60/70% 
     It Plays a Double Line vertical or  of the Take
     Horizontal. Loonie is Attached   
 Jackpot  Purple  Around the free, Around the World, and Full card $100, $200, $700
 

House Rules

1.Each player is required to purchase a regular game booklet to be eligible to play bingo, extra specials, break open games & mini bingo

2.Ink daubers must be used to cover bingo numbers

3.Players are responsible to call “Bingo” clearly and loudly so the caller can hear them.

4.Bingo players are to raise their hands with the winning card to alert staff.

5.Cards are good only for the nightly game of purchase.

6.Cards displaying serial numbers not issued at our hall will not be honoured.

7.Numbers appearing on the monitors or flashboards are not official until they are called. Flashboards are for customer convenience only, and the bingo is not responsible for any mechanical error or malfunction

8.Once the caller has dropped the bingo balls and the game is announced “closed” no other bingo can be honoured.

9.As of March 1st, 2016, all customers attending bingo must be at least 12 years old. Players under 16 years must be accompanied by an adult/guardian.

10.There will be no saving tables for other players.

11.All “Value Packs” must be played in full, they are not to be separated in any way.

12.Cell phones and pagers should be turned off or on vibrate.

13.Customers should not use profanity in the bingo hall

14.The first 47 numbers of the bonanza game will be called at the start of bingo. The remaining uncalled numbers will be returned to the bingo machine hopper until the second half of the game resumes. ( Right after the Dual Dab Game )

15.Regular format game books and the twoonie jar must be purchased before the completion of game #4.

16.Payment of prizes is only valid with proper serial numbers sold on the day of the game.

17.The twoonie jar amount is capped at $10,000. Once it reaches that amount, it will be awarded within 12 weeks of the date it reaches the capped amount.

18.The rainbow loonie jar (included in the $3.00 price of the rainbow game) will cap at $5000.00. It will be awarded on an advertised date within 12 weeks of capping at $5000.00

19.On the “special bingo games” ( the twoonie and loonie pots ), the last number called must be included in the winning pattern of the valid bingo to win those progressive prizes

20.If a bingo is cancelled or delayed for any reason before the start of bingo, a message will be put on our voice message ( 451-1900, option #2 ) prior to 4:30pm. The Executive Director of the Alcohol & Gaming division will be notified

21.Staff that are acting as caller or a checker during a specific bingo game shall not play in that bingo game

22.The manner in which all our games are played and prizes are awarded are specified on our bingo program format.

23.The one liner loonie jar (included in the $2.00 price of the One Liner game) will cap at $5000.00. It will be awarded on an advertised date within 12 weeks of capping at $5000.00.

24.Once a caller has started calling any portion of a bingo ball (the number or the letter), the bingo ball will be considered called and the caller must complete calling the rest of that bingo ball. Therefore, that number is officially out.

25.The bonanza game will pay a progressive pot if won in the allotted numbers. The progressive pot starts at $1000 if won in 50 numbers or less. It will increase $100 each night of bingo to a cap of $7000 and we will add a number every 7th bingo night ( after the 1st night ) until it is won. The bonanza will pay 50% of the take only if the progressive pot is not won. This holds true if the bonanza pot is won within the first 47 numbers called at the start of the bingo session.