STATE SHUTS DOWN CALDWELL SPJST BINGO HALL

  

A Caldwell bingo hall has been abruptly shut down by the state.

Signs went up this week on the marquee and front entrance of the SPJST Lodge #186, saying there is no bingo.  The lodge formerly hosted bingo nights several times a week at their building on Highway 36, south of Caldwell.

According to SPJST administrators, they received a letter over the weekend from the Texas Lottery Commission, after previously requesting a waiver following several months of low attendance.  The letter declined the request of the SPJST Lodge and instructed them to shut down.

A report from KBTX-TV3 said the lodge, according to the state lottery commission, failed to make enough money over its most recent license period.

Officials with the lodge say they are looking at plans for the future, but intend to keep their space there.