North Carolina laws are less strict so there are some higher-stakes outlets across the border. South Carolina laws prohibit the use of high-stakes video poker machines, but there are automated bingo machines that feature similar games. While many know bingo as the game you grew up playing by using beans to cover lettered and numbered cards chosen by the caller, the game has a much broader definition locally. But for some low-stakes fun with some possible big pay days, bingo is the name of the game on the Grand Strand.īut the term “bingo” might not be what you are accustomed to back home. Myrtle Beach doesn't have the flashy casinos of Las Vegas or Atlantic City, nor the horse racing tracks of Kentucky and California.
