How many times have you wanted to just walk into a bingo hall and yell “bingo”? The Cultural Center allows you to do that — when you play and win bingo.

Bingo started at the Cultural Center of Charlotte County when the center moved to its current location in 1968. A volunteer at the time suggested bingo and ran the game in one of the classrooms. It was such a great idea that the first bingo game was played 24 hours later with a group of 10 people. Over the weeks the game grew large enough to occupy the biggest classroom, and additional sessions had to be added.