Source: http://www.incanadiandollars.com/planetbingo.ca/gen4_history.php
 Bingo
has been played within the walls of the historic Royal Canadian
Legion Memorial Building at 2655 Main Street for decades. But
it was in the late 1980’s that the Planet Bingo journey
began, and the game of bingo in the province of B.C. was changed
forever!
In 1988, Planet Bingo
(then called Starship Bingo) became the home of the first electronic
bingo pilot project in Canada. Needless to say, it was a tremendous
success.
By 1995, our hall
had become the largest freestanding charitable bingo operation
in North America.
We have continually
been voted the Number 1 Player Preferred Hall!
We are widely regarded,
and looked to internationally, as an industry leader.
In the last calendar
year, we’ve paid out over 10 Million Dollars in prize
money.
We are the only continuous
drop-in bingo in the lower mainland!
Since our humble
beginnings, we’ve grown into the incredible establishment
that you enjoy today. Our modern 3-story facility includes 2
lottery centres, a bingo store, six (6) PullTab machines, an
automatic banking machine, and the Galaxy Grill - serving, right
to your table, food fare that is out of this world!
There are three floors
to choose from when playing at Planet Bingo! Each floor offers
a full range of services, and combined, have enough seats to
comfortably host 750 bingo players, including almost 200 seats
for electronic bingo!
The first floor is
traditional paper bingo, and has both a non-smoking section
and a sealed smoking section.
The second floor
is dedicated to electronic bingo. It too has both a non-smoking
section and a sealed smoking section.
And the third floor
is entirely non-smoking. That’s a full 9,000 square feet
of non-smoking playing space! And the third floor has both electronic
terminals and well-lit tables for paper play.
Planet Bingo is operated, on behalf of the British Columbia
Lottery Corporation, by the Mount Pleasant Starship Community
Charitable Association (MPSCCA). For more information on this
incredible community of charities and the tremendous work they
do, click www.mpscca.com.
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