Bingo at Fort McDowell is a popular activity for residents and visitors. The Fort McDowell Bingo Association sponsors bingo games on various days and times throughout the year.
The current schedule is available on the association’s website.
As of September 2018, the current jackpot is $104,000. The game is played with 25 cards, each numbered from 1 to 25. Players pick one card at a time and mark off any numbers on the card that are equal to or greater than the number shown on the player’s selected card.
When all of the player’s cards have been used, that player goes back to the start of the game and picks another card. Play continues in this way until someone either completes a row (lines) of five numbers or wins the game.
Fort McDowell Bingo Association offers a variety of other activities as well, including bingo tournaments and cash prize drawings. It is estimated that people play Bingo at Fort McDowell on average about once a week.
As of September 2018, there have been more than 440,000 plays of Bingo at Fort McDowell since it began in 2007.
