It’s a good idea to wash your bingo balls regularly. Dirt and grease are transferred to your bingo balls with each touch of the caller’s fingers. Eventually dirt build up can and will alter the frequency with which balls are called, and anything affecting the randomness of the calls should be avoided. What else can [...]
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When Muskegon County Commissioner James Derezinski first heard about the possibility of having a gambling casino in Fruitport Township, he immediately started thinking about money for a new county jail and juvenile detention center. Of course, he’s been thinking a lot about that subject for the past few years, ever since he started spearheading the [...]
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In bingo, rumors can spread quickly. It always amazes me the things that I hear in the often close-knit community of bingo players and workers. I’ll hear things like, “Phyllis’ son is a drunk.”, “Cathy doesn’t like Margaret because she never buys anyone anything”, or the troubling one for bingo managers “The bingo workers are [...]
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The township board plans to discuss a proposed Indian casino on the site of the old Great Lakes Downs horse racing track at tonight’s meeting. On July 16, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians announced its proposal to build a gaming facility at the track. The tribe purchased the property from Magna Entertainment, which [...]
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It’s summertime, the hottest season for gambling tourism, but the U.S. casinos country-wide are feeling the customers’ finance pinch. The casinos in the country, especially those on the Las Vegas Strip and in Atlantic City, consider the summer period their bread and butter, but the record oil prices took the blame this year for the [...]
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The following is an excerpt from an interesting article that I just stumbled across regarding personalizing player tracking and the gaming experience. “Her name is Diane. She carries a ticket worth $76.25, wanders about the Pechanga Resort & Casino’s gaming floor, and perhaps holds the key to your future. Her odyssey began 23 minutes ago [...]
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How you ever seen a really ugly bingo program? It’s sloppily designed with handmade corrections, has mispelled words, and/or been copied over so many times that you can barely read it. How does this look to bingo players, especially new ones who’ve never played at this location? As simple as it is, a professional looking [...]
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While browsing the internet today, I ran across an interesting blog with some helpful school and church fundraising ideas. Obviously, there are plenty of ways to raise funding for nonprofits outside of bingo, and this site has a few ideas. Anyway, the site is Top School Fundraising. It has tons of tips on school and [...]
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At this point, is it even necessary to remind anyone that pessimists have been forecasting doom for Las Vegas since 1955? For that matter, things looked dire in 1922, when the Union Pacific railroad pulled its repair shops out of town after an acrimonious strike. And truth be told, if it wasn’t for the construction [...]
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The ponies haven’t run at Great Lakes Downs since last fall. But that last post time won’t be the last time someone places a bet here – at least if the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians gets their way. At a late afternoon press conference, tribal leaders talked about their plans for the now-closed [...]
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