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Amalgamated Charities Inc., operator of Sask Bingo, announced on its website that its halls in Saskatoon, Regina and Moose Jaw will be closed for now. The affected bingo halls are: Centennial Bingo. Regina Bingo Palace, Regina, Saskatchewan. 548 likes 2 talking about this. Bingo Palace is Regina's largest Come & Go style bingo hall, offering 1 hour bingo programs daily from noon until.
One of the new COVID-19 restrictions announced by the Saskatchewan government Wednesday will have huge implications for some bingo halls around the province — and for the 100 or so people who temporarily will be out of work.
Five bingo halls will be temporarily closing their doors, citing the new restrictions along with the importance of ensuring the safety of customers and staff members as the reasons.
Patsy Warren, president and chief operating officer of Amalgamated Charities Inc., says as of Friday, the Centennial Bingo, Bingo Palace and Fantasyland Bingo in Regina will be closed. So will Leisure Time Bingo in Moose Jaw and ClubWest Bingo in Saskatoon.
“The restrictions that came out make it impossible for us to stay open,” Warren said. “Our charities would be working for nothing and we can’t have that. We also took into consideration the safety of our staff, charities and customers.
“It was an extremely difficult decision, especially at this time of year.”
In a restriction that took effect Friday at 12:01 a.m., capacity at all performance and gaming venues was limited to 30 people — down from the previous limit of 150. That applied to casinos, bingo halls, arenas, live theatres, movie theatres and performing arts venues.
Aside from the employees who work at the bingo halls that are impacted by the decision, 104 different charities will feel the effects as well.
“The charities work the bingos and the paid staff is basically the hall manager, the bingo caller and the concession workers,” Warren said. “We just have to hope that things get better and restrictions change so that we can make some money and our charities will be able to receive some funds while we get our staff back to work.”
The bingo halls work as a pooling system, meaning revenue goes towards bills and paying the staff followed by the leftover funds going to charity.
“If there’s no money left, we don’t have enough money to pay bills (and) then there’s no money to pay charities,” Warren said. “With the restrictions, there would be no money. We would be short of paying bills as it is.
“We can’t have charities working, volunteering, and making no money for their organizations.”
Warren added the decision ultimately came down to ensuring people are safe.
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“We’ve done the right thing by closing down at this time,” she claimed.
The current restrictions in the province are to be re-evaluated Dec. 17.
The following is a list of bingo halls in Saskatchewan, Canada. If you find any of these listings to be out of date, or wish to add another bingo hall, please let us know.
CANORA
CANORA, SK,
Canada
S0A 0L0
LA RONGE
Canada
S0J 1L0
LLOYDMINSTER
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LLOYDMINSTER, SK,
Canada
S9V 0C2
MELFORT
MELFORT, SK,
Canada
S0E 1A0
MELVILLE
MELVILLE, SK,
Canada
S0A 2P0
MOOSE JAW
MOOSE JAW, SK,
Canada
S6H 0A2
MOOSE JAW, SK,
Canada
S6H 0Y9
NORTH BATTLEFORD
NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK,
Canada
S9A 0Z5
NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK,
Canada
S9A 2P6
PRINCE ALBERT
PRINCE ALBERT, SK,
Canada
S6W 1A2
PRINCE ALBERT, SK,
Canada
S6V 8C8
PRINCE ALBERT, SK,
Canada
S6V 4V9
PRINCE ALBERT, SK,
Canada
S6V 1N5
PRINCE ALBERT, SK,
Canada
S S6V 5T2
REGINA
REGINA, SK,
Canada
S4R 1A5
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Canada
S4N 0A0
REGINA, SK,
Canada
S4N 6S2
REGINA, SK,
Canada
S4N 0A0
REGINA, SK,
Canada
S4R 1W8
REGINA, SK,
Canada
S4N 0A0
REGINA, SK,
Canada
S4P 1K7
SASKATOON
SASKATOON, SK,
Canada
S7M 0R3
SASKATOON, SK,
Canada
S7M 5H9
Canada
S7H 0S0
SASKATOON, SK,
Canada
S7K 1X4
SASKATOON
SASKATOON, SK,
Canada
S7L1B1
SASKATOON, SK,
Canada
W S7M 0V8
SASKATOON, SK,
Canada
S7M 0Y1
SWIFT CURRENT
SWIFT CURRENT, SK,
Canada
S9H 0A3
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YORKTON
Sask Bingo Store
YORKTON, SK,
Canada
W S3N 0P1