Highly recommend it's been over (3) Decades , playing BiNGO @ Durant Square! The vibe , community players + workers have shared decades of countless memorable experiences of GOOD TIMES. Folks come and GO and there hasn't been a negative influence over the years to discourage or persuade myself or my family from playing BiNGO at Durant Square Bingo. We have shared over thirty years of FUN memories as a family and extended family of bingo players! Let's GO play bingo !!?! !!?!!! !! read more

don't play here they cheat the callers are young and childish be on their phones on caller stand. The caller removes the cash ball during regular game play so you can't win and it builds up to bring customers. They start way to late and get put way to late. They don't care about their customers at all. They be smoking in the hall read more

I love playing Bingo and Durrant because you get to meet new friends good people and lots of exciting games. Lots of Pulltaps as well and all other different games. Thank you Durrant Bingo Owner and Co wiekers. read more

I'm glad I called for the actual bingo times. I'm new to bingo and saw that doors open at 12pm. The game actually started at 2:30pm (it was over about 4:30pm). The afternoon game is on paper. I went on a Monday. It wasn't crowded and the call pace was nice. Not too fast nor too slow. I believe it was 12 games. I struggled with the different bingo games. On the machine, you don't really have to pay attention. The board will alert you if you win. On paper you have to understand the different patterns so that you won't miss your bingo. I DEFINITELY reccomend sitting next to a regular! Then there are these side bingo games played intermittently between the paper bingo (or machine) that you receive upon entry. They are reminiscent of scratchers. There are people walking around the room selling them throughout the night. Ranging from $1- $5. Basically they are extra chances of winning. If you don't pay CLOSE attention, you will miss what game they are playing. A lady sitting next to me wasted a whole bingo card because she didn't realize the Caller was calling a side game. This place has a regular crowd. The patrons and employees are familiar with each other. I don't mind asking for assistance, and the employees were very helpful. I appreciate that. One thing I liked was the free bingo game for your birthday. You can't beat a chance at winning money for free!! All I did was present my i.d. The bingo game itself is $15. With 12 - 24 chances to win. 12 bingo's during the afternoon session. 24 bingo's during the evening session (machine only). I noticed people brought their own food and drinks in. There is a snack bar but I didn't purchase anything and I'm not sure what all they sell. The next time I go I'll invite some friends, bring some food, and make an evening out of it. A cool place for people who want to gamble on a budget and not be bombarded with cigarette smoke. Overall I enjoyed myself. It's some place fun. It's close by and it's inexpensive. read more

One night I was at Durant standing behind 2 of the workers. One worker said to the other, "i'm not going to check her ticket (meaning pull tab and referring to a bingo player) because she doesn't tip. Let somebody else check it." I have gone there for years and loved it. Haven't been back since COVID. Heard too many complaints about it. read more

The friends I've known and work with for years ofill love when I walk in the room I had been down and rather they know it or not they saved me by not only making me bingo but also they all had love for me I'.am a bay area living legend grew up since 18 now 49 and bingo helped me raise my kids and help my family along the way God bless them for being open,one Christmas about 14 years ago I won twice and I was so happy lot's of good memories at both locations God bless them all , great staff, read more

I came here the week of my birthday to redeem my free play. They have new machines which work much better than the previous ones. The best feature to me is the small window on the machine that shows you the number called without having to look at any of their tv screens. The downside to this place is that the machine games have too many 4-5-6-9 and 3-2-1 bingos. These games take forever to play. In addition their flash games don't pay as much as the ones at Foothill Square Bingo. I do not eat food from the food court here either. A friend cautioned that she's seen roaches where they cook and serve food. I observed they pre-cook processed food and have it sitting out ready to hand off whenever ordered. During a visit at least a year ago now a few cars had been broken into while playing. Security came in to make the announcement. Many of us were unable to comfortably play with this on our mind. At the brief intermission a host of people went down to check their vehicle status. This place is never a first choice to go to for bingo. read more

Durant square bingo is as good of a place to go and play bingo as any other bingo hall they play kinda fast but if your experienced you won't have trouble I would say foothill bingo has better fries as their garlic fries are A-1 read more

I've played at this location twice! -Clean hall -Non smoking -Takes only cash! -ATM near entrance -Entrance fee $15 -$15 gets you 24 games with chances to win some $$ -Majority of games are played on a tablet (Very Easy) -There are certain games you can play the old fashioned way on paper. -Side games are similar to lottery scratchers. -Noon and evening sessions -Noon session starts at 12:45pm -Evening session starts at 6:45pm -Saturday's special is at 12:45pm. Costs ($10) for 24 games -Additional (side games) can be purchased while playing the 24 games. -There's an intermission half way through the games. -There is a an area to purchase food. -You May bring your own food/drinks. No alcohol. -Free coffee -Bathrooms -Staff is very nice! *Expect to complete 24 games within 2-5 hours. It takes a while. Side games are played between the 24 games you purchase for $15. *Arrive 30-60 min early. The hall gets filled up fast. read more

So my boo and I were on a quest to find cute mom and pop shops that sell hoochie club gear that is passable for prom. After finding the Durant Marketplace, which is also pretty cool, I noticed Bingo on the outside of the building and figured it would be a fun date place. After all, what better way to bond than to go help out the community together (this bingo claims that it's for charity) with a chance to win some money? Bingo was pretty cool. Not as cheap as I thought it would be. It ended up being $25 a person, but you spend at least 4 hours there. It was 12:30-4:30, and you end up playing 20 games or so, with some optional games in between. You get 2 bingo machines which end up being like 160 cards in each machine or something, and you just punch in the numbers and it tells you when you win. It's not like the typical bingo where you just have to line up 5 numbers in a row, but you have to get different shapes, like a stamp, a block of 9, or a square. It was pretty overwhelming for beginners, but the volunteers and other folks around you are pretty helpful. Just don't ask too many questions, because that might be bad luck for some folks! Each game, you can win anywhere from $350 to $1000. If more than one person bingos the prize is split. It's not in the nicest area, and the main clientele is exactly the opposite of what you would find in Walnut Creek or Concord, if you know what I mean - these folks are in the opposite end of the socio-economic spectrum. But it was pretty cool to see the diversity in this place with everyone gettin their bingo on- white, black, latino, asian. Everyone there is super friendly, and most folks are helpful. There was an intermission in the middle along with 2 optional games, so my boo and I started gathering up our stuff to go out to lunch, and I think we might have insulted everyone there. They looked at us as if we were crazy and they all told us to leave our stuff there. "Ain't nobody gonna mess wit it." We come back 40 min later, with precious vittles from a Taqueria and sure enough, everything was just as we left it. All in all, it was a pretty good adventure. We didn't win anything, but it's okay, my boo and I already feel like winners when we're together. read more

My wife and I played bingo for the first time ever the past two nights. We paid $10 per person and got one machine and one pack. The price is very reasonable. Without knowing much about Bingo it was very hard to follow the games and figure out what patterns were and were not Bingos because this isn't like Bingo when you were little. However, there were plenty of very nice people (regulars) willing to teach us the ropes. We both enjoyed playing enough to go back a second night in a row but I would recommend finding a smaller and maybe a little slower paced game if you are new to Bingo. Tips: Sit by the TVs so you can see the next number up before its called. Dont play the pull tab side games, especially the $1 ones because you are not guaranteed numbers and could waste a lot of money. The $5 ones are better if you must. Although my wife and I did like playing I think we might look somewhere else to call our Bingo home because with nearly 250 people every night its really tough to win but for the price, it is worth checking out. read more

Durant Square Bingo - One machine and one pack for $10 - Bingo Halls Near Me - Oakland, California

Bingo Halls will never recover from the COVID 19 shutdown. Bingo Halls now are obselete

Tested out my luck here for the first time and I won $500 on the last game of the night - blackout bingo. Call me lady luck or maybe it was my betty boop dobber, but for $16 and nearly 30 games to win a possible $500 within 3 hours is not bad at all. Your money goes a long way here compared to casinos where you can lose $15 in less than 5 minutes. The establishment is pretty clean and the people are super friendly and don't mind explaining the different games if you're a first timer like I was. It does get crowded so come early. read more

This place is a good one. Although I didn't win on my first time here, I had a good time. The staff were friendly and the crowd wasn't too grumpy. The payouts are $500 in the evenings so well worth the minimum $15 spent. They use machines here. I am new to machines. When I asked if someone could show me how to use them, the staff looked at me like I was dumb. That is why I gave 4 stars. Luckily a woman overheard me and offered to assist me on my first visit to their bingo hall. So grateful that she did cause I would not have had a clue what to do. Their hall is geared more towards regulars, they don't explain much about the game cards. So if you are a first timer I suggest going with a buddy or sitting next to someone who looks friendly. They are located upstairs, above Chase Bank. There aren't many signs for this place. There is also a Food Maxx in the same parking lot. read more

$15 for your buy-in + $1 for your raffle ticket thingy. For the price, it's worth checking out. Sellers on the floor are a different story though. As soon as a new side game was on the floor, one seller went straight to a regular. My mom and aunty were the first ones, if not the only ones, calling for that certain side game only to be told "Ok be right there" as she walked right past and went straight to what I presume to be a regular, let alone someone who didn't call out for that particular game/ seller. Bruh, seriously? Another seller always seemed to be more concerned with chatting with players/ coworkers as opposed to selling the side games. It always took numerous calls to get him to come to our table. He'd sell to people around us, wander off, then come back. I'm a bingo caller/ seller myself and none of this sht flys. Disappointed with customer service from these 2 sellers. read more

Durant Square Bingo - Warriors game on.. Cool - Bingo Halls Near Me - Oakland, California

Good bingo hall and they give you three free one-thousand dollar games on top of what you buy. They gave me a free buy-in the week of my birthday and I won a thousand dollars -- so cool!!! read more

GREAT GREAT place to play bingo!! It is not dirty and the staff are AMAZING, FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL!! People will write a bad review just because they didn't win!! Anyone with common sense knows you can't win everytime!! If you want to have a good time and not much money Durant Bingo is the best!!! read more

It's not that bad people are just bipolar bringing their problems to the hall people expectations are too high they just need to get acceptance that it's charity event you donate you win some or you lose people just expect to win all the time read more

I'm never coming back to this bingo house. They are so unorganized... I had no chance of winning because they told me they ran out of programs. How am I supposed to know what I need to win without it? Ugh! read more

It's a great place to play, just a lot of people. Cheap to play, just be careful of all the flash they sell.. Set your limit and don't go over it.. Have Fun... read more

This bingo hallow filthy. The ladies restroom is stinks and never tp. Roaches are so abundant it's like they are playing too. Security people are rude, non helpful and are not managed. Save your money and run as far as you can read more

We decided to come back and give it one more shot to see if this place is really rigged or not. There is well over 200 people at this place on a Friday/Saturday night so we decided to come Sunday afternoon. Sure enough same amount of people. Do I think this place is rigged? Yes I do! Why? Explain how is it the same person wins 3x on the machine? $500.00 on each game. I can hear other people around us saying "That's B.S. 3x that person won" "Rigged" "3x seriously how is that possible" read more

As four new timers, we had a blast !!! Wonderful staff- very welcoming!! We will go back soon!!!

great people and environment. everyone in there playimg or volunteering are so friendly and nice

We decided to treat our Mom here for Mothers day and it was a hit! For $15 you get a digital Bingo machine and paper cards. I am not a Bingo person, but I knew our Mom loved Bingo so we took one for the team! The place is located right next to Food Maxx in San Leandro. The Hall itself is pretty big and clean. Word to the wise..This place is NO joke to those professional Bingo Goers. They come equipped with the rainbow dabbers. They have plenty of other "side" bet games going on, so you actually could spend WAY more than $15 if you want to be more adventurous. They call the numbers pretty fast too, so thank good ness for the machines. I don't know if I can ever get into the whole Bingo thing, but it was fun for family. read more

I recently moved to the area, and was looking for some good bingo action. Now, keep in mind, the bingo I have been to is late night bingo at a casino, where it is a party atmosphere. The kind of place when O69 is called everyone shouts Ohhhh! Fun. This is not that, unfortunately. Though for the money, it is cheap and a good time! Location could be better, but it is well served by AC Transit. People are super helpful and truly want you to win. I had a great time, and I will be back soon! I think I found my new bingo hall... Now if I could just win a game that'd be nice. read more

Bingo will be bingo! lol While I was there the lights went out... lol but the sellers were funny lol when the lights went out one of the sellers was like "OKAY WHO TOUCHED MY BUTT?" lol Only 3 stars because I hate the asshole parkers. read more

This is a great bingo hall with nice workers low cost for buy in with lots of money you can win i highly recommend trying it out.

Love this place. All the employees are super nice.

I RECENTLY WENT THERE TO PLAY. I have been in other halls before and it was different. I had a good time. Love there games but didn't like the way they verified them. They don't put it under the camera so everyone can see. The 1000 dollar lighting need to be verified under camera. They have great food. Good price. Oh and also the smking area don't have volume so u cant hear what is being called. They need to fix up the smking area better. read more

I've been going here for years and I'm sad to say that this place is going down hill. I feel as if there is alot of cheating going on between the sellers and players. Just saying!! read more

I've played at this bingo hall for several years now and some of the people that worked there at Durant are soooo cool... (like Asia, Christina, Ali and Miles).. But last night at bingo, I saw some things that the other Bingo Callers and Pull Tab Sellers was doing wasn't fair at all (cheating)!! I saw how this one woman screamed "bingo" on a 3-2-1 game.. She had 3 bingos on the top, 2 bingos in the middle and 1 bingo at the bottom.. But she didn't have the winning number "40" in none of the patterns!! Paul, the Bingo Caller said, "In the pattern of the "X" in the second bingo, the "40" was touching the "I-19" and the "G-59" and it was a valid bingo!! What?!? He knew her by name and he gave her the winning game by herself!! Now, that's not fair, that's cheating!! I've seen that happened to other players before and the Bingo Callers have told these people, that they've slept the bingo and they wouldn't let them have the game!! Some of the players (that sit very close to the Bingo podium), if they need a number, the players would scream out the number they need to the Bingo Caller and the next number the Bingo Caller pulls out - is the Bingo Ball the player needed?!? What?? These players can even walk up to the bingo podium and can see the numbers through a thin glass. But this is what did it for me, I've been seeing this for a lot of years now.. But this really confirm it for me... Like I said earlier, I've been playing bingo here for a lot of years and I have won several times too. I love playing the pull tab games.. And I buy a lot of them too. But what really steams me is - how I see these Pull Tab Sellers only go to the players in the front part of the podium.. They never announce what they're selling. There's other players and myself - would like to play these games too!! And these players always win.. Some of the people that work there always say, "Oh, they're here a lot and they buy a lot of pull tabs too." But I see that they win all the time?? Nobody is that lucky!! I would like to buy as much as they do, if the Pull Tab Seller would sell the pull tabs to other players too!! And when its time to play different pull tab games.. A lot of players look around and say, "When did anyone sell those pull tabs??" Or players will say, "I wanted to play those games too, but they never came back or near here to sell them or announce them either.." I'm soooo done with this place.. There is just way too much cheating for me here!! There's no use of telling somebody that works there what's happening, they don't do anything because they have to stick together!! read more

I enjoy plaing bingo at durant square. They give you more free games than foothill square. The callers, and runners are extremely helpul, maybe with the exception of one, or two. i win more here, than anywhere else. it is cheap to play, and better than going to a casino. read more

it was okayyy but it doesnt seem as organized as other bingo halls i've been to. people in my group were having trouble with the machines and when we asked for help, the floor workers came over and would just look at us as if they were waiting for us to finish the question, only the question had already been finished.....a good 15 seconds ago! so they were no help. and the floor workers skipped us a lot when we're trying to buy flash. we got some from this girl, and when we yelled out flash a couple minutes later to get more, she kept saying, 'you already got this one'. so what?! people want to buy more!! you'd be making money! whats the dispute??! anyways, $15 for two machines and a couple of specials. not a bad price but you get what you pay for. also there are lots of people playing and each game would last about 2 minutes so the bingos go quick. but try it out, everyone has a different idea of whats good. read more