Austin Whaley, 18, and a group of friends ran into the hall in Covington, Kentucky and yelled "bingo" during a game last month.
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Sergeant Richard Webster - who was off-duty and working as a security guard on the premises at the time - said the incident caused huge disruption, reports Cincinnati.com.
In a police report, Webster wrote: "This caused the hall to quit operating since they thought someone had won. This delayed the game by several minutes and caused alarm to patrons."
He added that the players, who were mainly elderly women, didn't take kindly to their game being interrupted and began to shout and swear at Whaley.
"People take their bingo very seriously," he commented.
The defendant avoided the maximum sentence of 90 days in jail and a $250 fine when he appeared in front of District Judge Douglas Grothaus recently. The Judge instead ordered Whaley: "Do not say the word 'bingo' for six months."
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