The question starts with a fixed point, not a moving one
Bingo in Washington is played across a scattered set of venues, and the first thing to settle is that a venue's position is fixed while your starting point is not. The published list documents 50 venues in Washington, spread across 45 distinct cities. No single bingo hall can be described as "near you" until your own location is known.
This article does not guess where you are. Instead it gives you the fixed geography of the state's documented venues, explains how to measure from your own starting point, and tells you which channels carry the current list of where bingo runs.
What the published list documents
The published list documents 50 venues in Washington. That figure is a snapshot from a publicly edited reference list, not a regulator licence count and not a complete current list. Lists are edited at different times, so a count can lag an opening or a closure.
The authoritative current list sits with the Washington State Gambling Commission. Anyone planning a trip around bingo should treat the published list as a starting point for names and cities, then confirm each venue's current status with the regulator or the venue itself.
Where the venues sit across the state
The documented venues are spread across 45 cities. A few cities appear more than once in the published list: Fife, La Center, Airway Heights, Mountlake Terrace, and Seattle each have two documented venues. Coulee Dam has one. The rest of the cities appear once each in the list.
This distribution matters for travel planning. Washington's geography runs from the Pacific coast across the Cascade Range to the eastern plateau, and a bingo venue in Airway Heights sits in a very different part of the state than one in La Center. The city name alone tells you which region you are dealing with.
| City | Documented venues in the published list |
|---|---|
| Fife | 2 |
| La Center | 2 |
| Airway Heights | 2 |
| Mountlake Terrace | 2 |
| Seattle | 2 |
| Coulee Dam | 1 |
Seattle is the only city in the supplied facts with coordinates: 47.60388889 north, 122.33 west. That places it in the west-central part of the state, on the Puget Sound side of the Cascades. The other cities named in the list are not given coordinates in this article's reference set, so their relative positions are described only by their documented city names, not by computed distances.
Documented venue types and what they mean for bingo
The published list groups Washington's documented venues into three types. Native American venues account for 30 of the documented entries. Card rooms account for 11. Card rooms labelled as Nevada Gold account for 9.
Bingo is not tied to a single one of those types. A reader looking for bingo should not assume that every documented venue runs bingo sessions, nor that a venue type excludes it. The list documents the venue; the venue's own published schedule documents what games it runs on which days.
| Documented type | Count in the published list |
|---|---|
| Native American | 30 |
| Card room | 11 |
| Card room (Nevada Gold) | 9 |
How to measure distance from your own starting point
This article cannot state a driving distance from your location to any Washington bingo venue, because your location is not part of the reference set. It also does not publish road mileage or travel time for any pair, even between two documented points. Road distance depends on the route chosen, and travel time depends on traffic, weather, and road conditions.
What you can do is measure from your own position to a venue's fixed coordinates. Take the venue's latitude and longitude from the venue's own site or a mapping service, take your own coordinates from your device, and compute the great-circle distance between them. That gives you a straight-line figure, which is always shorter than any road route.
If you want a road distance, use a mapping service with your actual starting address. The mapping service will give you a route-specific mileage and a travel time estimate based on current conditions. That is the only reliable way to get a driving figure, and it is outside what this article publishes.
Why straight-line distance and road distance diverge
Straight-line distance is the shortest path between two points on the earth's surface. Road distance is longer because roads do not run in straight lines. In Washington, three factors widen the gap more than in flatter states.
First, water. Puget Sound and the Columbia River force routes around or across them, and a crossing is not always available at the point where a straight line would go. Second, terrain. The Cascade Range runs north-south through the state, and passes are limited. A venue east of the Cascades can be close in straight-line terms to a point west of them, yet the road route must climb to a pass and descend again. Third, the road network itself follows historical settlement patterns, not geometric shortest paths.
The result is that a straight-line figure understates the real journey. Treat it as a lower bound, not a trip plan.
Named venues in the published list
The published list includes a range of named venues. Among the documented entries are 12 Tribes Coulee Dam Casino, 12 Tribes Lake Chelan Casino, 12 Tribes Omak Casino Hotel, 7 Cedars Casino, Angel of the Winds Casino Resort, and BJ's Bingo & Gaming.
These names are reproduced here only as entries in the published list. No single property was identified from the query, so this article does not state opening hours, room rates, resort fees, buffet prices, machine counts, or floor sizes for any named venue.
| Documented venue name | City (as documented) |
|---|---|
| 12 Tribes Coulee Dam Casino | Coulee Dam |
| 12 Tribes Lake Chelan Casino | Not supplied in reference set |
| 12 Tribes Omak Casino Hotel | Not supplied in reference set |
| 7 Cedars Casino | Not supplied in reference set |
| Angel of the Winds Casino Resort | Not supplied in reference set |
| BJ's Bingo & Gaming | Not supplied in reference set |
The city column above reflects only what the reference set pairs with each name. For the venues whose cities are not supplied, the published list itself carries the full entry, and the reader can check it directly.
What to confirm before you go
Bingo schedules are the most changeable item on this page. A venue documented in the list may run bingo on certain days, at certain hours, with a certain session structure, and all of that can change by season or by week. The list does not carry that information.
Confirm the following through the venue's own published channels: whether bingo currently runs, which days and hours, whether admission or session cards are sold separately, and whether the venue is open to the public or restricted to members or tribal patrons. The Washington State Gambling Commission holds the authoritative current list of licensed venues, and a venue's own site or guest services line carries its current schedule.
If you are travelling from outside Washington, also confirm the venue's city and county, because two venues with similar names can sit in different parts of the state. A venue in Omak is not the same trip as a venue in La Center, even if the brand name shares a word.
FAQ
Does the published list tell me which venues run bingo?
No. The published list documents venues, not game schedules. A venue may be documented without bingo running at all, or with bingo only on certain days. The venue's own published schedule is the channel that carries the current answer, and the Washington State Gambling Commission holds the authoritative list of licensed venues.
How do I find the road distance to a Washington bingo venue?
This article does not publish road mileage or travel time. Take the venue's coordinates and your own starting address, then use a mapping service to get a route-specific distance and a current travel time. Straight-line distance is always shorter than road distance, especially across the Cascades or around Puget Sound.
Why does the article not say how many casinos Washington has?
Because the figure would be a snapshot from a publicly edited list, not a regulator count. The published list documents 50 venues, but lists are edited at different times and can lag an opening or a closure. The Washington State Gambling Commission is the authoritative source for the current licensed count.
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