The Northern Arapaho Tribe’s Wind River Casino has decided to stop offering bingo at its facilities. According to casino manager Jim Conrad, the operation has moved high stakes slot machines into the room that was once used for bingo.

“Slot machines are more lucrative than bingo,” Conrad explained. “The tribe is not abandoning bingo. The game will be offered at the tribal community center’s Great Plains Hall in Arapahoe.”

Besides, the tribe’s planned casino north of the current facilities will include space for bingo. “Bingo is very important,” Conrad said. “Gambling has always been a tradition - part of the history of the Northern Arapaho Tribe. Bingo is always going to be part of us.”