In the raw economic numbers that the Potawatomi Indians are happy to trumpet, the casino that will open next year should be a gift to this region. Fifteen-hundred employees and $300 million in new investment, at a site between Marshall and Battle Creek, should make an impact. But is this the kind of economic development [...]
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At bingo, it can be a nice touch or change of pace to offer a merchandise prize instead of cash. Prizes can range in value from simple bingo daubers to flat-screen televisions. If you decide that you would like to give away a merchandise prize at your next bingo, you should do the following: 1. [...]
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Oops. In an earlier post I mentioned the contest taking place with our retail site, Wholesale Bingo Supplies.com .What I forgot to mention was what the details of the contest were and how you entered. So, below are the details and you can enter at our bingo supplies home page . We Need Your Help, [...]
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Thanks to you, we’ve received tremendous feedback on our flat-screen TV giveaway! We asked you to leave your audio comments for additional entries and we weren’t disappointed. Here are some of the things you told us: “Shipping was extremely fast. Our bingo supplies were shipped the same day they were ordered.” “The Wholesale Bingo Supplies [...]
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Bingo supplies is like every other business in at least one way. You can’t please every customer. This truism hit home again last week as our staff dealt with a customer who, to put it plainly, over-estimated her value. I’ll call this particular customer “Sue”. Sue originally ordered from Wholesale Bingo Supplies approximately a month [...]
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Greektown Casino is set to open its expanded gaming floor on Aug. 29, weeks earlier than originally anticipated. The opening of the 25,000-square-foot expansion will add about 700 slot machines, bringing Greektown’s total to 3,000. The accelerated opening brings the end of construction closer at Greektown, which filed for bankruptcy protection in May and is [...]
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The February voter referendum fight over four Southern California tribes’ amended casino agreements split the state’s gambling tribes in one of the costliest campaigns ever. Only months later, the tribes on both sides of the fight have joined forces. The tribes are trying to ban devices in some nontribal bingo halls that critics say are [...]
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For one thing, they know how to have “charity bingo” without the dog exploding. With the appearance of a reported 18 (and growing) electronic bingo halls, Jasper has turned into tacky Tunica. The high-class veneer and grand facade opulence of Tunica’s multimillion-dollar casinos have been dumbed down and given the Alabama treatment. There are no [...]
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