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Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort is operated by the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.

A gaming hall across the street is known as the Slot Palace and features more slot machines than the main casino floor, giving slot players plenty of options.

Soaring Eagle Bingo Hall. Some sessions have special times (Holidays and Sunday Matinee) During Bingo, our event center is divided into smoking and non-smoking sections If you’re interested in Bingo, but not sure how to start, please stop buy and visit with our Bingo team. They are friendly, and always happy to educate new players about how to play.

There’s also a poker room with 18 tables that features weekly Texas Hold ‘em tournaments and also features bad beat jackpots and seven-card stud games for bettors to enjoy.

The resort has four restaurants and a pool with an underwater sound system. Guests can also enjoy a full-service spa, an arcade, an amphitheater and a concert hall.

Facility renovations in 2017 added a sports club and night bar near the gaming floor.

The Kid’s Quest and Cyber Quest areas were also redesigned in 2017, helping the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort create a family-destination image.

Locations and Contact Information

The casino has the following contact information:

• Address: 6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd., Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
• Phone number: (888) 732-4537
• Email:[email protected]soaringeaglecasino.com

Soaring Eagle Casino Room

The Soaring Eagle Casino has 21,000 square feet of gaming action featuring a slew of options with slot machines, table games, poker and bingo.

The casino’s selection of slot machines includes progressives to cater to enthusiasts. The Soaring Eagle is always adding new machines to keep the variety interesting for repeat customers.

One new offering is the Golden Jungle Grand, a slot that features 10 spin cycles and wild reels you can trigger by collecting Buddha figures as you play.

The casino also features Wild Pirates, which lets you collect bombs that explode when the time expires and also features persistent state reels for each bet level.

Magic of the Nile has a feature where three obelisks will charge up to bonus spins. The slot machine has a 5 x 3 reel set and the bets start at 75 cents.

You can find slots at two locations at the resort, the main gambling floor and the above-mentioned Slots Palace. Both offer high-limit slot machines as well as a typical variety of lower and mid-level bets.

Table Games

Blackjack, craps and roulette are all table games featured at Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, among others.

The casino features a multi-carnival game progressive jackpot that includes Ultimate Texas Hold‘Em, Let It Ride, Crazy 4 Poker, and Mississippi Stud. Players can play all four of these games in the hopes of winning the single jackpot.

Another progressive jackpot features three-card poker with players aiming to get the ace, king and queen of spades in their hand for a chance to take home the prize.

Chase the Flush is a fairly new game where players and the dealer receive three cards each along with four community cards. The goal is to make a flush with the combined seven cards. In the event of a tie, the highest flush wins.

There’s a bonus side bet to Chase the Flush where players who get a three-card flush in their opening hand will spin the wheel for a chance to win prizes. Anyone at the table who had a bonus spin side bet can also win a secondary prize.

Soaring Eagle Poker Room

The Soaring Eagle poker room is open all day, every day and features games like Omaha, Crazy Pineapple, and seven-card stud.

There are several monthly poker tournaments, including the following:

• A $60 senior, no-limit Texas Hold’em tournament every Monday and Thursday at 12:30 p.m. ET. The tournament has a $10,000 starting stack and players must be 55 years old or above to participate.
• A $70 no-limit hold’em bounty tournament every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. that features a $10,000 starting stack and a big blind ante.
• A $50 round x round no-limit Texas Hold’em and pot-limit Omaha tournament every Saturday at 12:30 p.m., except the last Saturday of the month.

The poker room, which is a smoke-free environment, can be contacted at 989-775-5198.

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Bingo

Soaring Eagle Bingo is the largest in Michigan so bettors come from all over the midwest to participate. Bingo is daily from Wednesday through Sunday with schedules in the morning, afternoon and evening.

Soaring Eagle also offers both traditional paper units and electronic units to suit the needs of all bingo players.

VIP Access Club

Members who join the VIP Access Club at Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort will receive the best that Soaring Eagle has to offer. Benefits include having a personal host who can make dining, ticket and resort arrangements.

There are several hosts on staff to help you have a smooth experience at the resort.

Access Club

Bettors who want to bet at multiple Soaring Eagle properties have the luxury of using a single Access Loyalty Card at all three properties. If you’re planning on staying at multiple locations, the card is essential as you’ll earn even more points on it than someone staying at only one.

The card is usable at the following properties:

• Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort
• Saganing Eagles Landing Casino
• Soaring Eagle Waterpark and Hotel
• Waabooz Run Golf Course and Soaring Eagle Hideaway RV Park

You can earn points by staying at hotels, RV parks or playing casino games.

Bingo gives out 20 points per $1 spent and is the fastest way to earn points on your card; hotelrooms and RVspaces give out points at 10 points per $1 spent; and the spa, golfcourse, and giftshops all give four points per $1 spent.

Slotmachines give two points per $1 spent, while videopoker gives the least amount at 1 point per $1 spent.

The Access Club also has the following perks:

• Personalized direct mail offers
• Premium play for slots and table games
• Dining dollars
• Complimentary overnight stays
• Exclusive invitations to tournaments and VIP events

Sportsbook

Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort plans on offering a sportsbook with a variety of sports betting options as an option for both sports fans and bettors alike.

Resort

The recently renovated resort has a check-in time of 4 p.m. ET and a check out time at 11 a.m.

It features premium suites with a king-size bed, a fireplace, and a sitting area and superior rooms with a king-size bed and a fireplace as well.

There is also the option of having a king-size bed or double queen-size beds with an in-room jacuzzi.

The resort has a 2,400-square-foot pool with glass tiles from Milan, Italy, and features underwater music and lights, and the area also has an indoor and an outdoor jacuzzi.

Restaurants

The resort’s dining options include the Ascend Sports Bar and Nightclub, Isabella’s, and SiniikaungSteakandChopHouse.

Legends Diner offers classic Americana dining and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

More Michigan Casinos

Bingo’s heyday has long since passed, but the game is still played at hundreds of charity events and bingo halls, plus some tribal casinos across Michigan as well.

The game’s popularity peaked in the mid-1980s before the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act passed in 1988 and many tribal bingo halls across Michigan and the entire US turned themselves into casinos with Las Vegas-style gambling instead.

However, bingo games still run at several tribal casinos and hundreds of halls across the state taking advantage of Michigan’s charitable gaming laws that allow qualified nonprofit organizations to obtain charitable gaming licenses and host events.

With Michigan lawmakers passing online gambling legislation in 2019, online casinos are coming to Michigan, some of which will bring online bingo with them.

Read on to find out more about bingo in the Great Lakes State, the version of the game that is popular online and where you can still play bingo across the state.

Bingo and Michigan gambling laws

In 1972, Michigan lawmakers passed Act 382 creating rules to govern charity bingo games throughout the state.

The act defined bingo as a game where players purchase one or more cards divided into numbered squares and a caller randomly picks numbers from one to 75.

Players scan the cards to see if the called number is there and mark it off when it is. The first player to string together numbers in the winning bingo pattern, as set before the game starts, shouts out “bingo.” Once that card is verified, he or she collects a pre-set prize.

The law only allows qualified nonprofit organizations to obtain a Michigan charitable gaming license and conduct bingo games. However, Michigan charity bingo halls have been allowed to assist nonprofit organizations in obtaining licenses and running games.

There are three types of Michigan charitable gaming bingo licenses nonprofit organizations can obtain:

• Large Bingo License: Allows a licensee to conduct bingo one day per week with prize limits of $1,100 per game and $3,500 per session. Licensees can also run a Michigan Progressive Jackpot Bingo Game: This jackpot is not subject to the prize limits. Instead, progressive jackpots consist of the preceding session’s unclaimed jackpot and 50% of card sales for the Michigan progressive jackpot bingo game in the current session.
• Small Bingo License: Allows a licensee to conduct bingo one day per week with prize limits of $25 per game and $300 per session. Progressive jackpot bingo games cannot be played under the small bingo license.
• Special Bingo License: Allows a licensee to conduct bingo for up to seven consecutive days with prize limits of $1,100 per game and $3,500 per session. Nonprofit organizations can obtain up to four special bingo licenses per year. Michigan progressive jackpot bingo games cannot be played under this license.

Bingo without a license

The act also allows for bingo to be run without a license by senior citizens clubs, groups, or homes consisting of members who are 60 years old or above. As long as:

• Bingo is conducted for amusement and recreation only, not for fund-raising
• Only members, guests, and employees can play or operate the game
• No more than 25 cents is charged for cards
• The retail value of all prizes does not exceed $100 in a single day
• All revenue from bingo is used for prizes and reasonable expenses incurred in operating the game
• No person is compensated solely for playing or operating the game

Native American bingo

To solve economic problems on American Indian reservations several Michigan tribes opened large-scale bingo operations in the early 1980s.

By the mid-1980s many of these operations were converted into the full-scale tribal casinos that still operate to this day. A handful still run bingo operations without the same prize limits charity gaming licensees are subject to.

Bingo at Michigan online casinos

Michigan passed an online gambling bill in December 2019 making online casinos legal in the state, pending the creation of rules and a licensing process.

The licensing and rule-making processes are now underway. A draft of the rules was sent to various stakeholders in April 2020 and license applications were made available to Detroit’s three commercial casinos and 23 tribal casinos across the state in May.

The executive director of the Michigan Gaming Control Board has said the first Michigan online casinos could be live by November 2020 if certain aspects of Michigan’s rule-making process are expedited.

These operations could run online bingo games, provided the game is included in the rules governing online gambling in the state or operators ask the board to approve the game.

Free and real money online bingo

Just like many land-based casinos do, Michigan online casinos are likely to offer free bingo games where registered players can win real money.

Both brick-and-mortar and online casinos do this as a way to reward loyal players and draw them to the casino. However, the online games are often so large the chance of winning anything substantial is slim. Either the prize is split among too many players or you need to beat thousands of other players to claim it.

If you want a realistic shot at winning real money playing bingo online, stick to paid games where your chances of winning are significantly improved.

Slingo vs. Bingo: What’s the difference?

Slingo games are a type of video slot game you might find at a land-based or online casino in Michigan.

Slingo takes its name from bingo. However, Slingo games combine elements of traditional bingo, slots, and casino games.

There are several different Slingo games available at online and physical casinos, many of which also incorporate skill and decision-making into the gaming experience.

Playing Slingo is easy. The game involves taking a fixed number of spins, drawing five numbers each, before finding and marking off these numbers on a bingo-style card.

You can also draw wilds that allow you to check off numbers anywhere, give you additional free spins, and instant wins.

Your wins will be based on how many lines of Slingo you can mark off on the card, similar to how wins payout on a slot machine.

Slingo’s flagship games include Slingo Riches and Slingo Extreme.

Can I play online bingo in MI?

Right now you can’t play online bingo in Michigan, but that option may soon be available. Once online casinos have been licensed and begin to open, the rules may allow them to run online bingo.

Even if they do not, Michigan online casinos may ask for approval from the board to run online versions of bingo.

Online casinos in other states run online bingo, suggesting there is a chance Michigan could follow their lead.

How 90 ball bingo works

The type of bingo most US online casinos run is a “90 ball” version of the game.

While 90-ball bingo is similar to the standard 75-ball game typically found at bingo events, there are some differences.

To start, the game cards feature 27 squares in a three-row and nine-column grid. Each row has five squares filled with numbers and four blank spots. Each column will only feature numbers from one of nine batches.

The first column has numbers from one through nine, the second 10 through 19, and so on, up to 90.

Cards for this version are sold in groups of six called strips. Like traditional bingo, numbers are randomly-drawn and you try to string together these numbers on your card in the winning bingo pattern that was set before the start of the game. The blanks on each card are considered already filled.

You can win one of three ways playing 90-ball bingo:

• Any line: Be the first to get all five numbers in a row
• Two lines: Be the first to get all five numbers in two rows
• Full house: Be the first to get all five numbers in all three rows

The addition of 15 numbers and the different makeup of the card is the only difference between 90-ball bingo and the traditional game.

However, all occurrences of a number are automatically marked off on your strips when you play online, making it more like electronic bingo than traditional versions.

Michigan bingo halls

There are more than 300 bingo halls and tribal casinos that run games across the Wolverine State.

The following is a list of Michigan tribal casinos looking to launch online gambling operations that already run live bingo games:

Leelanau Sands Casino and Lodge

• Address: 2521 N. West Bay Shore Dr., Peshawbestown, MI
• Bingo: Wednesday through Friday starting at 5 p.m. ET
• Owner: Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
• Online casino partner: William Hill

Four Winds Casino New Buffalo

• Address: 11111 Wilson Road, New Buffalo, Michigan
• Bingo: Occasional bingo promotions held in the event center
• Owner: Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
• Online casino partner: Scientific Games

Firekeepers Casino and Hotel

• Address: 11177 E. Michigan Ave., Battle Creek, Michigan
• Bingo: Two sessions daily Thursday through Monday. Nine progressive jackpots and seasonal bingo promotions.
• Owner: Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi
• Online casino partner: Scientific Games

Northern Waters Casino Resort

• Address: N5384 US-45, Watersmeet, Michigan
• Bingo: Occasional bingo promotions
• Owner: Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
• Online casino partner: PointsBet

Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort

• Address: 6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd., Isabella Indian Reservation, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
• Bingo: Wednesday through Sunday with two or three sessions per day and early-bird games. Plus, the Bingo Millions Coverall Add-On with the chance to win $1,000,000 with a coverall in 47 balls or less
• Owner: Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation
• Online casino partner: Aristocrat

Odawa Casino Resort

• Address: 1760 Lears Rd., Petoskey, Michigan
• Bingo: Every Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, two sessions per day beginning at 11 a.m. ET with Progressive jackpots that start at $1,000 and $2,500
• Owner: Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
• Online casino partner :The Stars Group (PokerStars Casino)

Kewadin Casino Sault Ste. Marie

• Address: 2186 Shunk Rd., Sault Ste. Marie, MI
• Bingo: 200-seat bingo hall with progressive to two-part jackpot games Saturday afternoon and senior bingo at noon every Thursday.
• Owner: Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
• Online casino partner: GAN

Wrapping up: Online bingo and bingo in Michigan

With more than 300 bingo halls and tribal casinos running games across the state, somebody forgot to tell Michigan the game’s popularity has been waning since the mid-1980s.

Live bingo is alive and well in the Great Lakes State and the first online casinos to offer the game over the internet are bound to have increased traffic as a result.

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With live bingo games running at several tribal casinos that are planning to go online in late 2020 or early 2021, online bingo in Michigan is quite possibly set to take off.