I read a story today about a guy getting arrested for yelling "bingo." He walked into a bingo hall while a game was going on and decided to be funny and act like he won.

 

He ended up getting arrested. Article used the "can't yell 'fire' in a theater" analogy.

 

For those in tune with the law is that an accurate analogy?

 

Can I go to a high school game and yell "strike 3" on every 2-strike pitch?

 

The major difference here is the fact that the game of bingo is actually reliant upon people in the crowd yelling bingo. In baseball, the only person relied on to call strikes is the ump.

 

Bingo halls make their money off of getting games completed and selling more cards for the subsequent games. When someone yells bingo, the caller has to stop the game, and the workers walking amongst the tables have to go check the cards and verify that the bingo called is legitimate. Stopping progress in the games can actually slow down the process to the point that they run out of time for games. It's not about the fact that the person is yelling bingo...it's the fact that the game is being interrupted. I would liken the scenario more to a person running out on the ballfield in the middle of a baseball game.

The judge barred him from saying "bingo" for six months, which seems bizarre.

I was at a high school game last year where a fan was loudly counting 1...2....3...4 (for perceived 3 second lane violations).

 

The ref came over and barked into the crowed to STOP COUNTING.

 

A ref who listens to what's being said in the stands is not doing his/her job.

While laying there like a slug.

 

"Your honor, it was my only defense."

 

Bingo patrons are intense, he's lucky he was arrested before those maniacs could get at him.

 

:lol2::lol2:

The major difference here is the fact that the game of bingo is actually reliant upon people in the crowd yelling bingo. In baseball, the only person relied on to call strikes is the ump.

 

Bingo halls make their money off of getting games completed and selling more cards for the subsequent games. When someone yells bingo, the caller has to stop the game, and the workers walking amongst the tables have to go check the cards and verify that the bingo called is legitimate. Stopping progress in the games can actually slow down the process to the point that they run out of time for games. It's not about the fact that the person is yelling bingo...it's the fact that the game is being interrupted. I would liken the scenario more to a person running out on the ballfield in the middle of a baseball game.

 

I get all of that but how is it a crime?

I get all of that but how is it a crime?

 

I'm not exactly sure. Some sort of trespassing or disturbing the peace charge? ...why do they arrest people who run on the field at baseball games, football games, or at golf tournaments?

The major difference here is the fact that the game of bingo is actually reliant upon people in the crowd yelling bingo. In baseball, the only person relied on to call strikes is the ump.

 

Bingo halls make their money off of getting games completed and selling more cards for the subsequent games. When someone yells bingo, the caller has to stop the game, and the workers walking amongst the tables have to go check the cards and verify that the bingo called is legitimate. Stopping progress in the games can actually slow down the process to the point that they run out of time for games. It's not about the fact that the person is yelling bingo...it's the fact that the game is being interrupted. I would liken the scenario more to a person running out on the ballfield in the middle of a baseball game.

 

Exactly the point I was going to make. It's not the yelling that is problematic it's the disruption and yelling from the stands at a sporting event isn't the same. I would make it more like blowing a whistle in the stands at a basketball game.

As a person who used to call Bingo games at our parish I know how calling a false Bingo was to the other patrons in the hall , He was lucky that an octogenarian didn't tear him a new one !

So WHO apprehended this felón? The 70 yr old chain smoking old timer that runs the Bingo Hall?

 

It was that group of blue haired grannies who took him down; the ones camped out on their usual corner table, each surrounded by pictures of the grandkids for good luck.

Crime? I think it is a shame he did not say he was sorry to the patrons. The guy had not been in trouble before. People pay to play bingo and I guess he thought it was funny to bust into a BINGO hall.

Would be nice if we could all read the story. Where did you read it? Hard to judge the charged without knowing what all this person was charged with and where it happened.

 

Also, was this person removed from this establishment previously and told not to come back? Did this person repeatedly do this or just once?

Judge bans Kentucky teen from saying 'Bingo' | WLWT Home - WLWT Home

Judge bans Kentucky teen from saying 'Bingo' | WLWT Home - WLWT Home

 

It appears he was not arrested. He was cited to appear in court and released on disorderly conduct charges.

 

(1) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct in the second degree when in a public place and with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or wantonly creating a risk thereof, he:

(a) Engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous, or threatening behavior;

(b) Makes unreasonable noise;

© Refuses to obey an official order to disperse issued to maintain public safety in dangerous proximity to a fire, hazard, or other emergency; or

(d) Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act that serves no legitimate purpose.

Boy banned from saying 'bingo'

 

Channel 5 Cincinnati story. Listen closely to his last statement to the kids out there.

Saw him on TV last night. Got the impression of a spoiled kid who thought he was doing something funny and still doesn't think he should have been sited. Just watched the Channel 5 link and I haven't changed my mind. His Mom making excuses for him is disturbing and those plugs in his ears look ludicrous.