The Costa Rican Red Cross is going to ask the Constitutional Board to suspend the game Lucky 21, since they find that the activity affects the Tico Bingo because they are very similar. “We are the only institution authorized by law to play bingo in Costa Rica. We are not against Hogares having their own income, but they can’t take advantage of the bingo system which has many years”.

José Miguel Jiménez Meza, manager of Hogares crea, indicated that Lucky 21 is not a bingo. “Our game will go on because it’s authorized by the Social Protection Board of San Jose (JPS)”, Jiménez said.

Last week, actually, the directive board of the JPS said the authorization for the game was given without the manager knowing. Therefore, the directive conformed an investigation commission to determine if the annulment of the mentioned game will take course.

The draw is done every Sunday and the ticket costs $2,000. Every edition gives away three big prizes that can be houses, automobiles of several kinds, trips and others.

The players buy a ticket that has three lines of 21 numbers. For each prize the organizers pull out numbers and the winner is the one that first completes a file of 21 numbers.