With a total of 16 events so far for Bingothon, starting all the way from 2018 and raising more than $38k for various organizations, there are many events to look back on! You may find details about them below:
BINGOTHON WINTER 2025
CHARITY: Fred Hutch Cancer Center
AMOUNT RAISED: $1,337
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: Bingothon, Nitro_Speedrun
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- Featured a revamped version of the host bingo where instead of the usual sort of goals, hosts instead were playing OpenGuessr, a free alternative to GeoGuessr
- Features a new record for the longest Bingothon run during a marathon, that being the bonus Pokémon FireRed/Crystal/Emerald Entrance Rando run by robthegamer115, sitting at 5 hours!
- Featured a special Fred Hutch segment where Bingothon staff and volunteers did not just play games with Fred Hutch representatives, but also were able to watch a bespoke presentation made specifically for this event, where everyone could learn more about Fred Hutch’s activities, as well as about cancer and what factors can influence risk in getting cancer.
BINGOTHON SUMMER 2025
CHARITY: Doctors Without Borders
AMOUNT RAISED: $2,100
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: Bingothon, Nitro_Speedrun
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- The first event to be restreamed in French, courtesy of Nitro_Speedrun!
- Featured the very first bingo showcase of Mario Kart World on Nintendo Switch 2!
- Featured the return of the Bingothon Taskmaster crew to run together in a meta AP bingo!
- Featured several more runs that used playbingo.gg to generate their boards!
- Featured a revamped version of the host bingo where instead of the usual sort of goals, hosts instead were playing Infinite Craft
BINGOTHON WINTER 2024
CHARITY: Fred Hutch Cancer Center
AMOUNT RAISED: $1,717
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: Bingothon
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- Featured Jackie and Helen from Fred Hutch playing alongside Bingothon staff volunteers in a game of Among Us!
- Featured several more runs that used playbingo.gg to generate their boards!
- Senior volunteer Rexy made a bunch of drawings through the event (as seen here, here, here and here), highlighting some of the memorable moments that happened this weekend!
BINGOTHON SUMMER 2024
CHARITY: Doctors Without Borders
AMOUNT RAISED: $2,290
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: Bingothon
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- Featured the longest-ever run at Bingothon, being Stardew Valley!
- Featured a revamped version of the host bingo!
- Featured the first runs of bingos that were made on bingogg!
- Featured our first partnership with DelfinoCustoms and Tree Frog Grading sponsoring the event!
- Featured the very first showcase of a Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD Randomizer bingo as a bonus run!
BINGOTHON WINTER 2023 – 5 YEARS OF BINGOTHON
CHARITY: Fred Hutch Cancer Center
AMOUNT RAISED: $2,500
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: Bingothon
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- Celebrated 5 years of Bingothon with special logos!
- Featured sleek, updated layouts!
- Featured the 5th Anniversary video during intermissions!
- Crossed the $30k threshold for total donations collected in the marathons!
- Crossed the $15k threshold for total donations collected for Fred Hutch!
- Featured a special Generic Bingo where donors could suggest their own goals via their donation comment!
BINGOTHON SUMMER 2023
CHARITY: Doctors Without Borders
AMOUNT RAISED: $2,030
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: Bingothon
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- Displayed the very first showcase of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom bingo!
- Featured our first interview with Doctors Without Borders within intermissions, which were also posted on social media!
- Featured a higher emphasis on highlight content in intermissions
- Featured a Team17-sponsored run of King of the Castle, where the runner could interact with chat in various ways!
BINGOTHON WINTER 2022
CHARITY: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
AMOUNT RAISED: $3,431
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: Bingothon
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- The first REGULAR event streamed exclusively on the Bingothon Twitch channel!
- The first event to offer badges to its runners and volunteers!
- Saw the premiere of Minecraft Chaos Bingo, a crowd control-like mod that allows interactions in the game via donations!
- Saw the opening of our TeeSpring store just days before it started!
- Featured the runner with the most runs in a SINGLE event so far – TK47!
- Featured a game provided by event sponsor Team17 as a bonus run, being Golf With Your Friends!
BINGOTHON SUMMER 2022
CHARITY: Doctors Without Borders
AMOUNT RAISED: $3,500
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: Bingothon, SpeedRunsLive
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- The REGULAR event with the highest amount of donations (excluding special events like UER)
- The first event to feature tiered incentives!
- The first event to reveal its incentives gradually rather than have them all out in one go!
- Featured the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Bingo Bash Season 2 Finale as a run!
- Featured an amazing rematch of the Blind Bingo Series as its (almost) final run!
- Featured a game provided by event sponsor Team17 as a final bonus run at the end of the marathon, being Overcooked: All You Can Eat!
BINGOTHON UKRAINE EMERGENCY RELIEF
CHARITY: Project Hope
AMOUNT RAISED: $5,652
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: Bingothon
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- The first time an event is done outside of the usual winter/summer period!
- The quickest event to organize (2 weeks)!
- The first event to require cutting runs out of the schedule due to too many submissions!
- The event with the highest amount of total donations so far!
- The event with the most event-on-event increase in donation totals ($2,596)
- Featured the finale of the Blind Bingo Series!
BINGOTHON WINTER 2021
CHARITY: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
AMOUNT RAISED: $3,056
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: Bingothon, SpeedRunsLive
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- Our longest event so far clocking at around 76 hours!
The event with the highest amount of total donations so far!- The event with the most prizes so far!
BINGOTHON SUMMER 2021
CHARITY: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
AMOUNT RAISED: $2,238
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: Bingothon, SpeedRunsLive
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- The first event that featured intermission videos that talked about the charity in between runs!
BINGOTHON WINTER 2020
CHARITY: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
AMOUNT RAISED: $2,120
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: Bingothon, SpeedRunsLive
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- Our first marathon that was co-streamed on both our Twitch channel and SpeedRunsLive!
BINGOTHON SUMMER 2020
CHARITY: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
AMOUNT RAISED: $2,069
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: SpeedRunsLive
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- Our first event that crossed 72 hours of total runtime!
BINGOTHON WINTER 2019
CHARITY: Pure Earth
AMOUNT RAISED: $700
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: SpeedRunsLive
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- Our first season-themed event!
- Our first event featuring an interview with a guest from the charity!
BINGOTHON 2019
CHARITY: Doctors Without Borders
AMOUNT RAISED: $3,020
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: European Speedrunner Assembly
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- The first marathon including the host bingo!
The biggest event-on-event increase ($2,380!
BINGOTHON 2018
CHARITY: Doctors Without Borders
AMOUNT RAISED: $640
WHERE WAS IT STREAMED: SpeedRunsLive
WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR THIS EVENT:
- Our very first event!