Bingo was in danger of losing its appeal. Coupled with a smoking ban in many of the places where charitable bingo games thrived that did not apply to those riverboats and casinos. Then, slot machines in places like Pennsylvania and Illinois. Then the proliferation of legalized casinos in its home state of Ohio. First came the Riverboat casinos in Indiana. Once they settle on supplies, reps place orders for bingo daubers, cards or pull tab games, and plan for delivery on 18-foot box trucks.īut behind that modest explanation lies some of the secrets of the longevity of businesses like Lancaster Bingo, which was founded in 1983 – no small feat for a company playing in a crowded space, which could have been swept up by the dizzying competitive forces that have buffeted its industry.īingo isn’t the only game in town anymore. Sales reps meet with clients every week or every other week to talk about fundraising goals, and help them decide on which types of games to run to get there. In the more than two decades that Aaron Noland has worked for the Lancaster Bingo Company (opens in new tab), the basic business of the Ohio-based wholesale distributor (opens in new tab) of bingo supplies hasn’t changed all that much, he said.
