Technology brings bingo to your home

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Bingo lovers, if you feel deprived because you live outside AMMSA's CFWE radio signal range and can't play our radio bingo - gather up your daubers, pull up a chair, and sit tight to the phone -now you can play!

Subscribers to Star Choice Channel 852 receive the CFWE signal through their televisions now. No more will you miss radio bingo games because you live outside of our broadcast area.

The best news of all, you get a chance to play our monthly Super Bingo $12,000 blackout game. That's more cash than most bingo halls pay out. But you already know that, judging by the calls we get.

In the past, we've had a few radio bingo players who went to amazing lengths to play the game with CFWE. One Alberta couple who lives near Winfield, about 25 kilometres west of Pigeon Lake, were so dedicated they would drive out every week to high ground in a cattle pasture and set up their cards on the dash of the truck. It sure paid off for them!

This past winter, CFWE decided we had to do more for our faithful following. After all, we have folks in other provinces, as well as the U.S., who just love the game. We asked CanCom about incorporating our signal into the radio package offered by Star Choice. In April, we were available through Star Choice subscription.

We can't reach all of you yet. Our signal is not yet available through the satellite company Bell Express. But we are working on that for the future.

In accordance with our licence from Alberta Gaming, 65 per cent of bingo proceeds goes back to the winners.