Police snagged two suspected prowlers Sunday after a cleaning woman reported hearing someone in a crawl space at a Cape Coral bingo hall, police reported.

Detectives arrived and also heard the noises above Midpoint Bingo, 2411 Del Prado Blvd. S. When they went to climb into the crawl space, the officers saw the suspects outside walking away from the bingo hall, police said.

Officer Gerald Causer approached the two males, and the suspects broke into a run. One of them dropped a black book bag, police said, that contained gloves and a pair of hand-held radios.

Recent reports show more and more women are using the internet to gamble at home.

US and UK figures show women are increasingly becoming a main target for online companies as more women try their hand on the web.

The River City Group a gambling analysis company based in St Louis, claim that 68 per cent of online gamblers are women.

Attendance at what had been a surefire fund-raiser for area nonprofits has been falling off in recent years.

Whether that's due to the economy, smoking bans, other gambling options, aging players or a combination of factors is a matter of opinion.

Bingo is out of control in Wyoming because there are big loopholes in the state's gambling laws, Attorney General Pat Crank says.

A man robbed Jackpot Bingo in the 1000 block of East 10th Street Sunday, fleeing from patrons with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Although Bingo may not be the usual accompaniment for a hot dog, at the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island (JCMI) it's a tradition that players have welcomed since 2000.

PAT and MICK were playing Bingo.
Pat kept looking over Mick's shoulder saying, you've got that number mark it off, you've got that number mark it off.
After putting up with this for some time Mick got annoyed and said, "why don't you do your own sheet !?"
Pat replied - "I can't it's full !"....

Bingo parlor to pay fine for violating smoking ban

Game was a form of gambling, banned in Illinois until 1971