When each round is up, the winner gets her name thrown into a hat. (Yes, a literal hat.) After three rounds of names getting put in the hat, one name is drawn and that lucky lady get two drinks - one for her, and one for the guy of her choosing. After a ten-minute intermission, she can decide if wants to continue hanging out with the guy or play more SPEDANGO. Cindy, Selena, Iliana win the first three rounds, and Cindy wins the hat.

Anyone can also stop playing at any time during intermission. Maybe you didn't win drinks but still met someone you hit it off with, which is exactly what happened to Julia and Mac did.

Julia, an up and-coming handbag designer, owns her own company, which leaves her with little time for dating.

"While I am single and open to meeting single men, I was more in it for the bingo," she says.

Julia adds that she has dabbled with online dating, but feels like you can get to know so much more about a person from five minutes in front of them than weeks of online messaging. A little later, she goes on to say:

"I suppose Speed Dating Bingo worked for me. I'm shy when it comes to dating and get nervous when there could potentially be an exciting outcome. With this, I had zero expectations and therefore nothing to lose.

"I was able to relax and enjoy myself and I ended up meeting Mac, who I actually have a lot in common with," Julia continues. "Mac and I got together again two days later and someone asked us how we met. Speed Dating Bingo is a pretty cool first date."

Although I didn't participate, I would recommend this to anyone out in the dating world. But like life, SPEDANGO is not a spectator sport, and this beats the Internet any day. I leave you with the words of Alfred, Loyd Tennyson: "'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have love at all."

Good luck out there, gang.

SPEDANGO returns to Lowbrow on Wednesday, April 29. Send your after-dark tips to [email protected].

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