# JACKPOT!!!!!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackpot/14407>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 5, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackpot/14407 "2000-03-05T03:54:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2000, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackpot/14407/21 "2000-03-07T01:21:00Z")

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Right on, Zette!  
Um, can I borrow a few bucks? 😉

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how did it start? well i don’t know i just feel the craving. i see the flesh and it smells fresh and it’s just there for the taking…  
VvvV  
“Winners never quit and quitters never win, but those who never win and never quit are idiots.”

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**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackpot/14407/22 "2000-03-07T03:08:00Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Originally posted by handy:  
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> I tried to play bingo locally. Pretty big cash prizes. But:
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> 1. I couldn’t hear the new number being called. I’d have to look at the bingo board & decide which numbers were the new ones.
> 2. If I thought I won, I wasn’t sure, because the game rules change for each game & I don’t know what the free spaces were and felt too embarrassed to scream bingo!!! if I didn’t have it :-)\*\*

Handy,  
Get someone to go with you just once to get the hang of things, then you’ll likely be all set. Most (even smaller places) have video monitors showing the current number being drawn. You don’t have to hear them at all. (I frequently wear headphones and listen to music while I play). Also, get there early and get a sheet that tells what games are being played when. If they are all paper games (the only way to go) you can mark the sheet in the appropriate pattern in pen ahead of time. That way you can easily see if you have the correct pattern!  
Zette

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“If I had to live your life, I’d be begging to have someone pop out both my eyes. Just in case I came across a mirror.” - android209 (in the Pit)  
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Voted “Most Empathetic”- can you believe that?

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