Kensington Bingo Hall

What Kensington Bingo Hall does

Kensington Bingo Hall is a composite descriptor referring to two distinct traditional physical bingo hall operations in Canada rather than a single unified corporate entity. The first is Kensington Bingo Centre, a commercial bingo hall located at 12538 132 AVE NW in north Edmonton, Alberta (phone 780-454-3635). The second is Kensington Lions Club Bingo, a community bingo hall operated by the Lions Club service organization at 21 School in Kensington, Prince Edward Island (phone 902-836-4040). Both venues serve local residents seeking in-person bingo entertainment and community social gaming experiences, though the Edmonton location operates as a commercial venue while the PEI location functions as a Lions Club community fundraiser.

The underlying offering is entirely traditional: live bingo sessions using physical 5x5 B-I-N-G-O cards with multiple winning patterns including horizontal, vertical, diagonal, cross, four corners, large frame, and blackout. There is no digital platform, no proprietary technology stack, no mobile app, no API, no SDK, and no AI component. The product is a purely physical gaming experience hosted at brick-and-mortar venues with live callers. No management team, ownership structure, founding date, or corporate history is disclosed in the available sources.

The Edmonton commercial hall operates a transaction-fee revenue model, generating income from players purchasing bingo cards to participate in sessions. The PEI Lions Club hall operates as a community fundraiser, with proceeds directed to Lions Club service initiatives rather than to private owners. Marketing is minimal and primarily leverages BingoHalls.ca, a Canadian online bingo hall directory that provides SEO-driven discovery for players searching by province. Card and session pricing is not publicly disclosed; educational content referenced in the source suggests $0.50–$1.00 per card as an industry norm. The customer base is exclusively walk-in individual consumers across two unrelated Canadian neighborhoods, with no enterprise, B2B, or institutional customers identified.

Name

Kensington Bingo Hall

Website

https://bingohalls.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kensington Bingo Hall comprises two traditional physical bingo venues in Canada: a commercial hall in Edmonton, Alberta, and a community Lions Club fundraiser in Kensington, Prince Edward Island, both serving local residents with in-person bingo gaming.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bingo Hall Entertainment

NAICS

Amusement Parks and Arcades (7131)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAEAGAA

Land-Based Bingo Halls

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Gambling, Betting & Casinos/Bingo & Social Gaming Halls

SECONDARYMPAEAGAJ

Bingo Charitable/Nonprofit Operations

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Gambling, Betting & Casinos/Bingo & Social Gaming Halls

Keywords

• Bingo hall operations
• In-person bingo gaming
• Community entertainment venues
• Charity bingo fundraisers
• Bingo card sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Edmonton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. In-person bingo sessions: Revenue generated from hosting live bingo games where players purchase cards to participate in bingo sessions at the physical venue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Kensington Bingo Hall operates two traditional in-person bingo venues — a commercial bingo hall (Kensington Bingo Centre) in Edmonton, Alberta and a Lions Club-affiliated community bingo (Kensington Lions Club Bingo) in Kensington, Prince Edward Island. The core product is paper/card-based bingo gaming with standard 5x5 B-I-N-G-O cards featuring multiple winning patterns (horizontal, vertical, diagonal, cross, four corners, large frame, blackout), called live during scheduled sessions at each venue.

Product overview

Kensington Bingo Hall refers to two traditional physical bingo hall locations: Kensington Bingo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta (12538 132 AVE NW, phone 780-454-3635) and Kensington Lions Club Bingo in Kensington, Prince Edward Island (21 School, phone 902-836-4040). These are in-person bingo gaming venues offering traditional bingo with standard 5x5 cards featuring B-I-N-G-O columns, multiple game patterns (horizontal, vertical, diagonal, cross, four corners, large frame, blackout), and community gaming sessions. No technology products, APIs, or AI-powered features are offered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kensington Bingo Centre Commercial in-person bingo hall located at 12538 132 AVE NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5L 3P9 (phone 780-454-3635), offering regular traditional bingo games with various patterns including horizontal, vertical, diagonal, cross, four corners, large frame, and blackout, for walk-in local players.
• Kensington Lions Club Bingo Community in-person bingo hall operated by the Lions Club service organization at 21 School, Kensington, Prince Edward Island C0B 1M0 (phone 902-836-4040), offering traditional community bingo gaming sessions as a Lions Club fundraiser for local residents.
• Traditional Bingo Games In-person bingo gaming services using standard 5x5 grid cards with B-I-N-G-O columns and multiple pattern-based winning combinations, including horizontal, vertical, diagonal, cross, four corners, large frame, and blackout patterns, called live at scheduled sessions at both Kensington Bingo Hall venues.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Direct peers

• Lucky Strike Bingo: Lucky Strike Bingo is a commercial bingo operator in British Columbia. It is directly comparable to Kensington Bingo Hall as a small-chain Canadian bingo hall operator offering traditional in-person bingo gaming to local communities.
• Delta Bingo & Gaming: Delta Bingo & Gaming operates a chain of commercial bingo halls across Ontario, Canada. It is the closest direct peer to Kensington Bingo Hall — same product (in-person bingo), similar Canadian regulatory environment, and comparable community-based customer base.
• Bingo World: Bingo World is a Canadian bingo hall chain with multiple locations. It competes directly with Kensington Bingo Hall in the same product category — traditional in-person bingo with paper cards and live callers — targeting similar local community demographics.
• Playtime Community Gaming: Playtime Community Gaming operates community bingo halls in Alberta, including locations in Bonnyville and surrounding areas. It is a direct competitor operating in the same province as Kensington Bingo Centre with a similar in-person bingo format and community positioning.
• Bingo Palace: Bingo Palace is a Canadian commercial bingo operator offering traditional in-person bingo gaming sessions. It is a direct competitor to Kensington Bingo Hall in the same small-format, community-focused bingo hall category.

Emerging players

• BCLC PlayNow: PlayNow.com is the British Columbia Lottery Corporation's regulated online gaming platform offering online bingo, casino, and sports betting. It is an emerging digital competitor that can erode demand at physical halls like Kensington's by offering at-home bingo play to Canadian consumers.
• Bingo.com: Bingo.com is an online bingo and gaming platform. It is an emerging digital alternative to physical bingo halls, targeting the same recreational player demographic as Kensington but with the convenience of online play — a structural threat to traditional hall economics.

Regional players

• Atlantic Lottery Corporation: Atlantic Lottery Corporation operates regulated lottery and gaming products across Atlantic Canada, including Prince Edward Island where Kensington Lions Club Bingo operates. It is a regional player relevant because it controls the regulatory framework and offers competing gaming products in the PEI market.

Broad incumbents

• Gateway Casinos & Entertainment: Gateway Casinos & Entertainment is a large Canadian gaming operator with casino and bingo properties across Western Canada. It is a broad incumbent that competes with Kensington for gaming entertainment dollars in Alberta and BC but offers a much wider portfolio including slots and table games.
• Great Canadian Gaming Corporation: Great Canadian Gaming is one of Canada's largest gaming and hospitality operators with casino, hotel, and bingo offerings. It is a broad incumbent in the Canadian gambling space, overlapping with Kensington Bingo Hall in offering gaming entertainment but at substantially greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

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