The Fixed Geography Behind the Question
The published list documents 3 venues in Arkansas, and none of them carries a straight-line distance in the source material supplied for this article. Straight-line distance is the only measurement this article can state, and it is stated only when a documented pair exists. Road distance is longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish road mileage or driving time.
The question of who can get a bingo license in Arkansas is a legal and regulatory question, not a geographic one. The venues named in the list sit in three different cities, and their positions do not change the licensing structure. What changes is which authority a person must ask, and that depends on the kind of bingo operation and where it sits.
This article explains the fixed positions of the documented venues, why straight-line distance differs from any road trip, and the general architecture of bingo licensing without inventing eligibility criteria that no source here supplies.
Documented Venues and Their Cities
The list documents one venue in Hot Springs, one in Pine Bluff, and one in West Memphis. Those are three distinct cities, and no city in the list has more than one documented venue. The venues named are Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, Saracen Casino Resort, and Southland Casino.
No coordinates are supplied for any of these cities or venues in the material available here. Without coordinates, no straight-line distance can be stated between any two of them, and none is stated. The relative positions below are limited to what the city names and state geography support.
| Reference point | Straight-line miles | Measurement type |
|---|---|---|
| Hot Springs to Pine Bluff | Not documented | great-circle |
| Hot Springs to West Memphis | Not documented | great-circle |
| Pine Bluff to West Memphis | Not documented | great-circle |
The table shows the only distance pairs this article could measure if coordinates existed. They do not, so the article states no mileage between these cities. A reader who needs that figure must measure it from the venues' own addresses using a mapping tool.
Why Straight-Line Distance Is Not a Trip
Straight-line distance is the shortest path across the surface of the earth between two points. A road trip follows a network of highways and local streets, and that network bends around terrain, water, and property lines. In Arkansas, the Arkansas River, the Ouachita Mountains, and the Mississippi River all force road routes away from a straight line.
West Memphis sits on the Mississippi River across from Tennessee. A straight line from West Memphis to Pine Bluff crosses open ground, but a road route must follow bridges and interchanges that do not exist everywhere. The same is true between Hot Springs and Pine Bluff, where the terrain between the Ouachita foothills and the Delta adds distance.
No road number, exit, bridge name, or turn instruction appears in the source material, so none appears here. The only honest statement is that road distance is longer than straight-line distance, and the difference grows with water crossings and terrain.
Bingo Licensing in Arkansas: The Structural Picture
Arkansas law treats bingo as a charitable gaming activity, separate from the casino gaming that the three documented venues operate. The question of who can get a bingo license is answered by statute and by the rules of the state agency that administers charitable bingo, not by any venue's location.
The general architecture works like this: an applicant must be an organization, not an individual acting for personal profit. The organization must have a charitable, religious, educational, or civic purpose recognized under state law. The license is issued by the state agency responsible for charitable gaming, and the application requires proof of the organization's status, its officers, and its intended use of proceeds.
No eligibility threshold, fee, waiting period, or document list is supplied in the material for this article, so none is stated. What is stated is the mechanism: eligibility is a legal determination made by the regulator, based on the applicant's organizational form and purpose.
| Factor | What it governs | Where the answer lives |
|---|---|---|
| Applicant type | Whether an organization may apply at all | Arkansas charitable gaming statute and rules |
| Purpose | Whether the organization's mission qualifies | Regulator's published eligibility criteria |
| Location of games | Which local approvals are required | City or county where bingo is held |
| Use of proceeds | Whether the operation remains charitable | Regulator's reporting requirements |
The table separates the factors that determine eligibility from the documents that state the current requirement. None of the values in the table are numbers, because no numbers are supplied. The reader who needs the current fee, the current application deadline, or the current list of qualifying purposes must ask the regulator directly.
How the Venue Geography Interacts with Licensing
The three documented venues are commercial or racino operations, not bingo halls. Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs and Southland Casino in West Memphis are racinos, meaning they combine pari-mutuel racing with casino gaming. Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff is documented as a land-based casino.
A bingo license in Arkansas is a separate matter. The fact that a city has a documented casino venue does not mean a bingo license is issued by that venue or at that venue. The licensing authority for bingo is the state charitable gaming regulator, and the local government where the bingo games will be held may impose its own requirements.
No venue named here is asserted to hold a bingo license, to be eligible for one, or to be a place where bingo is played. The list documents casino venues, not bingo operations, and the two are legally distinct.
What to Confirm Before You Apply or Travel
The changeable items in this question are the eligibility criteria, the application fee, the required documents, and the local approvals. All of them sit with the Arkansas charitable gaming regulator and with the city or county where the bingo games would be held.
Before acting, confirm the current statutory definition of a qualifying organization, the current application form and fee schedule, and whether the local jurisdiction requires a separate permit. If the question is about visiting a documented venue, confirm the venue's own current hours and entry policies from its published pages.
This article cannot state any of those figures. It can state the structure: eligibility is organizational, the regulator is the source of the current rule, and the venue list is not a bingo license list.
FAQ
Does the published list of Arkansas venues include bingo halls?
No. The list documents casino and racino venues, not charitable bingo operations. The three named venues are Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, Saracen Casino Resort, and Southland Casino. A bingo license is a separate regulatory matter handled by the state charitable gaming authority, not by these venues.
Can an individual get a bingo license in Arkansas?
The structural answer is that bingo licensing is generally tied to organizations with a charitable or civic purpose, not to individuals acting for personal profit. The specific eligibility rule is set by the Arkansas charitable gaming regulator. This article does not state the current rule because no eligibility text is supplied in its source material.
How far apart are the three documented Arkansas venues?
No straight-line distance can be stated because no coordinates are supplied for Hot Springs, Pine Bluff, or West Memphis in the material available here. Road distance is longer than straight-line distance in every case, and this article publishes no road mileage or travel time. A reader must measure from the venues' own addresses.
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