Wednesday Night BingoWelcome to our Bingo
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For over 43 years, our Knights of Columbus Bingo is every Wednesday Night at Father Joseph O'Connell Council located at 2985 Kenneth Place in Oceanside, Long Island. Our friendly and professional Knights of Columbus and Ladies Auxiliary staff will assist you for your bingo game packages after 6PM in the building. We begin our Bingo games with an early bird special game starting at 7:15 PM. We also have those fun "Bell Jars" games of chance for your enjoyment and fun quickies game cards for sale. All of our customers enjoy our spacious, comfortable climate controlled building and luxurious facilities.

Proceeds from our Bingo help fund our local charities and Catholic relief organizations nationally and worldwide.



Our food and refreshments

OUR REFRESHMENTS
Our food and refreshments are prepared to your enjoyment. We offer for sale fresh brewed coffee, tea, various selections of soft drinks including diet versions and bottle water.

We also have prepared various soft coffee cakes, cookies, pretzels, chips and light sandwiches.




LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS
Father Joseph O'Connell Council #3481
Knights of Columbus
2985 Kenneth Place
Oceanside, NY 11572

See below for directions to our location or Click here for Mapquest directions:



From Eastern L.I.
Southern State Parkway to Exit 20S; south on Grand Avenue; turn right on Sunrise Highway; turn left on Long Beach Road; turn right on Atlantic Avenue; building is on the left just past McDonald's.

From N.Y.C.
Southern State Parkway to Exit 17S; turn right off the exit ramp and follow Ocean Avenue for 3 miles. Turn left on Atlantic Avenue; go one mile; building is on the right just before McDonald's.



OUR GAMES & RULES

Bingo House Rules
Pursuant to Rule No. 5820.53 of the New York State Bingo Regulations, the following rules of play are provided to all players:
  1. The first game begins promptly at 7:15 PM (first ball of first game is drawn).

  2. In accordance with NYS rule No. 5820.8, only one admission card or package can be purchased, per player. Every person entering the bingo hall, including minors, must purchase at least an admission card or package. No person shall play more than one admission board or package.

  3. No child under the age of 10 shall be admitted to our bingo hall. Children shall be accompanied and controlled at all times by responsible adult.

  4. No seats or tables can be saved for others bingo players using bingo cards, daubers or other items.

  5. Bingo cards are sold randomly; players shall not select their own cards or packages. Bingo cards shall be exchanged only in the event of defect caused by the manufacturer.

  6. Regular bingo is a game that can be played using a face-card included in admission package. Special games including Early Bird, Progressive Bingo must be played on a separately purchased card.

  7. A call of "bingo" will be honored and the winner paid until both the letter and number of the next ball drawn have been called. A player does not need to "bingo" on the last number called to be eligible for a prize. The flashboards are a convenience to our players.

    Winning cards will be verified by the Caller’s comparison of the numbers appearing on the balls drawn and called with the numbers read back from the player’s bingo face-card by the floor checker. If there is a discrepancy between a number appearing on a ball drawn and a number appearing of the flashboard, the number on the ball drawn is official.

  8. No ball is official until the letter and number has been announced by the bingo caller.

  9. It is the winning player’s responsibility to stop the game by raising his or hers hand and calling out "BINGO" loud enough to be heard by the floor checkers.

  10. If a player wins two parts of a multiple part game (i.e. a letter "T" pattern and a "Round Robin" pattern) on the same number called, that player is entitled to both prizes, without another number being called.

  11. Disorderly persons will be asked to leave the premises, and no refund will be offered. Individuals, who disrupt games or are disorderly from week to week, can be refused entrance to our bingo hall.

  12. If a power outage occurs prior to the halfway point of the bingo occasion, we will attempt to refund each player held price of their bingo cards. If the outage occurs after the halfway point, the occasion will be considered over and no refund will be offered.

  13. In the event of bad weather, all attempts will be made to conduct normal bingo game operations. In the event that only 85 players or less attend, then prizes will be cut in half for that occasion only.

  14. On any given evening minimum of 85 players is required in order to conduct normal bingo operations. Attendance by less than 85 players will result in prizes for that session being reduced in half and the cancellations of Progressive Bingo for that evening.

  15. All of our worker are volunteers and are conducting these bingo games solely to raise money for our organization’s lawful purposes. Our volunteers are prohibited from participating in the games in any way. Please do not ask them to watch your game cards.

  16. We thank you for your patronage and support. We hope you win, but please keep in mind that the primary purpose of these games is to have fun and help us raise much-needed funds for our charities.

  17. All problems, questions and/or disputes will be resolved by the Members in Charge. Their decision made in accordance with NYS regulations and published house rules will be final.



Admission is $3.00 which includes 3 game face cards on all games except early-bird and progressive games. Additional card prices - all games (excluding early-bird and progressive games).

18 face game cards $20.00
12 face game cards $17.00
9 face game cards $14.00
6 face game cards $10.00



1. Quickie Black Special 50/50 Split Prize
TBD
Full Card
2. Quickie Purple Special 50/50 Split Prize
TBD
Full Card
3. Full Card,
Early Progressive Bingo,
Full Card startings
with 48 Balls
Grey Special Grand Prize $500.00
and Consolation
Prize $125.00
Full Card
4. Quickie Blue Special $40.00 Regular Bingo
  Letter X
(Any Way)
Blue Special $50.00 Letter X
  Large Round Robin Blue Special $60.00 Large Round Robin
5. Quickie Aqua Special 50/50 Split Prize
TBD
Full Card
6. Regular Bingo Orange Special
$50.00 Regular Bingo
  Crazy T Orange Special $75.00 Crazy T

7. Regular Bingo Green Special $50.00 Regular Bingo
  Jail Bars Green Special $150.00 Jail Bars
8. Regular Bingo Yellow Special $50.00 Regular Bingo
  Small Round Robin Yellow Special $75.00 Small Round Robin
9. Regular Bingo
or 4 Corners
Pink Special $40.00 Regular Bingo4 Corners
  Block of Eight
(No free space)
Pink Special $60.00 Block of Eight
  Clover Leaf
(Last call for
Yellow Quickie)
Pink Special $100.00 Clover Leaf

10. Mid Progressive Bingo
Full Card startings
with 48 Balls
Dark Green
Special
Grand Prize $1000.00
and Consolation
Prize $250.00
Full Card
11. Quickie Yellow Special 50/50 Split Prize
TBD
Full Card
12. Regular Bingo
or 4 Corners
Gray Special $40.00 Regular Bingo4 Corners
  Crazy L Gray Special $60.00 Crazy L
  Snowflake Gray Special $100.00 Snowflake
13. Hardway Bingo
(No free space)
Olive Special $50.00 Hardway Bingo
  Layer Cake Olive Special $100.00 Layer Cake
14. Regular Bingo Brown Special $50.00 Regular Bingo
  Letter E Brown Special $100.00 Letter E
15. Regular Bingo KofC Jackpot
Red Special
$75.00 Regular Bingo
  Block of Nine
(Anywhere)
KofC Jackpot
Red Special
$125.00 Block of Nine
  Full Card KofC Jackpot
Red Special
$500.00 Full Card







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For questions call us at (516) 764-0048 or email us at o'connellgardens@yahoo.com.