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LAS VEGAS – The $500,000 Bingo Super Gala returns to South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa on Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17 beginning at 12 p.m. each day.
The two-day bingo spectacular will offer a $250,000 daily prize pool each day. Each day begins with 10 warm-up games with a total purse of $10,000, followed by 19 Super Gala games for $10,000 each, and concluding with one $50,000 coverall game and one $10,000 '2nd Chance' game. A full rundown of each day's games is listed below.
Bingo bonanza open. Bingo participants can purchase Super Gala entries for $295 which includes two-day gala access, one 9-ON pack of bingo cards, one food voucher per day and dauber. Throughout the Super Gala, guests may purchase additional 6-ON packs of bingo cards for $25 per pack. Participants are allowed to purchase up to 15 additional packs of bingo cards per day, in electronic units.
During the warm-up games, participants may purchase their first 6-ON pack for $10 and each additional electronic or paper pack for $5. Super Gala participants that are playing electronically must purchase two additional 6-ON bingo packs for a total of $50 per day. In addition, extra 3-ON coverall strips are available for purchase for $5 with a daily maximum of 20 coveralls per player, per day.
Doors will open each day at 8 a.m. with warm-up games beginning at 12 p.m. Enhancing the Super Gala experience, South Point offers gala players a special $50 room rate for Sunday, March 15, which includes a complimentary two-night hotel accommodation Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17. Entry to the Super Gala is subject to availability. For more information, please visit the South Point website.
Daily Schedule for the South Point Super Gala:
Warm-Up Game Schedule for both days, starting at 12 p.m.:
· Game 1: Letter X
· Game 2: Double Bingo (Into)
· Game 3: Triple Bingo
· Game 4: Two Postage Stamps (Into)
· Game 5: Three Postage Stamps
· Game 6: Crazy L (Into)
· Game 7: Large Picture Frame
· Game 8: Double Bingo (Into)
· Game 9: Triple Bingo
· Game 10: Large Diamond
Super Gala Games on Monday, March 16, starting at 1:15 p.m.:
· Game 11: Indian Star
· Game 12: Double Bingo
· Game 13: Large Crazy Kite
· Game 14: Diagonal & Harmony
· Game 15: Crazy T
· Game 16: Seven Eleven
· Game 17: Small Picture Frame & 4 Corners
· Game 18: Letter X
· Game19: Triple Bingo With Wile Number
· Game 20: Double Bingo
· Game 21: Broken Picture Frame + 1 Bingo
· Intermission
· Game 22: Cloverleaf
· Game 23: Broken Picture Frame
· Game 24: Double Hardway
· Game 25: Percent Sign
· Game 26:Crazy Arrow
· Game 27: Butterfly
· Game 28: Crazy H
· Game 29: Double Bingo
· Game 30: COVERALL
· Game 31: 2nd Chance
Super Gala Games on Tuesday, March 17, starting at 1:15 p.m.:
· Game 11: Crazy C
· Game 12: Double bingo
· Game 13: Four Corners & Diagonal Meskwaki casino closed.
· Game 14: Bow Tie
· Game 15: Double X
· Game 16: Double Hardway
· Game 17: Diagonal & Hardway Six Pack
· Game 18: 4 Corner Brackets
Large Diamond On The Road
· Game 19: Triple Bingo with a Wild #
· Game 20: Cactus
· Game 21: Double Bingo
· Intermission
· Game 22: Solid Diamond
· Game 23: Hot Dog
· Game 24: Double Bingo
· Game 25:Flag
· Game 26: Crazy Railroad Tracks
· Game 27: Double Cross
· Game 28: Block of Nine
· Game 29: Double Bingo
· Game 30: COVERALL
· Game 31: 2nd Chance
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About South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa
Featuring more than 2,100 guestrooms, South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa overlooks the famous Las Vegas Strip and the serenity of the surrounding mountainscape. Each oversized guest room features state-of-the-art LED televisions as well as Wi-Fi with high-speed internet connections. Guests visiting South Point will experience affordable luxury through a casino offering top-of-the-line gaming technology, more than 60 table games and a race and sports book area featuring separate viewing areas for both horse racing and general sporting events; a wide variety of dining options, including the award-winning Michael's Gourmet Room; the world-class Costa Del Sur Spa and Salon; a fabulous 400-seat showroom featuring headliner entertainment; a 16-screen Cinemark movie complex; a state-of-the-art, 64-lane bowling center; and a 165,000-square foot convention center. In addition, South Point holds one of the finest event facilities in the country with the South Point Arena and Equestrian Center, which features more than 1,200 climate-controlled stalls and plays host to some of the country's most unique events. South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa is at 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas, NV 89183.
For more information or for room reservations, call (702) 796-7111 or visit the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa website. Connect with South Point on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and foursquare.
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I have enjoyed your site for many years (decades now).
On your Bingo Probabilities 2 pages, you say (if I understand correctly) that (one-way only) patterns containing the same number of marks have the same expected calls.
But, don't you have to take into account the fact that some 'x Mark patterns' omit some of the columns - and, therefore, reduce the number of balls eligible to be called.
So, for example, on your Bingo Pattern Probabilities pdf, you show two 4-mark patterns (Inside Corners and Large Diamond Corners) having different expected calls. I'm pretty sure the different expected calls calculation is due to different numbers of columns being used for calling.
Or, have I just misunderstood your statement on Bingo Probabilities 2?
Administrator
Bingo probabilities 1
Bingo probabilities 2
Using that table we see that, for any one-way pattern of 4 marks, the expected calls is 60.8.
Yes, that is for only one card in play. But the implication is that for any n cards the expected calls should be equal.
Then in your pdf at /pdf/bingo-probabilities.pdf,
you show 4 CORNERS averaging 8.43 calls (for 300 cards), but the LARGE DIAMOND CORNERS pattern average is 11.86.
Both of those patterns are 4-mark patterns - so, if I read Bingo Prob 2's implication correctly, both expectations should be equal .. but, they aren't.
Further, I'm speculating that the unequal expectations (in the pdf) are due to the fact that the 4 CORNERS pattern omits 3 columns, leaving only 30 eligible balls to be called .. and the LARGE DIAMOND CORNERS pattern omits 2 columns, leaving 45 eligible balls to be called.
Thank you very much.
Administrator
We only need to concern ourselves with this document: Bingo Pattern Probabilities.
Let's just look at the case of 300 cards.
For the four corners pattern, it shows an average number of calls for somebody to win of 8.43 and an average number of winners of 1.39.
For the Large Diamond Corners pattern (if we think of the card like a 5x5 Battleship board, it would require marks on A3, C1, C5, and E3), it shows an average number of calls for somebody to win of 11.86 and an average number of winners of 1.29.
Both patterns have just one way to win and four specific positions on the card to cover. Why are the average number of calls and winners not the same?
Daily Schedule for the South Point Super Gala:
Warm-Up Game Schedule for both days, starting at 12 p.m.:
· Game 1: Letter X
· Game 2: Double Bingo (Into)
· Game 3: Triple Bingo
· Game 4: Two Postage Stamps (Into)
· Game 5: Three Postage Stamps
· Game 6: Crazy L (Into)
· Game 7: Large Picture Frame
· Game 8: Double Bingo (Into)
· Game 9: Triple Bingo
· Game 10: Large Diamond
Super Gala Games on Monday, March 16, starting at 1:15 p.m.:
· Game 11: Indian Star
· Game 12: Double Bingo
· Game 13: Large Crazy Kite
· Game 14: Diagonal & Harmony
· Game 15: Crazy T
· Game 16: Seven Eleven
· Game 17: Small Picture Frame & 4 Corners
· Game 18: Letter X
· Game19: Triple Bingo With Wile Number
· Game 20: Double Bingo
· Game 21: Broken Picture Frame + 1 Bingo
· Intermission
· Game 22: Cloverleaf
· Game 23: Broken Picture Frame
· Game 24: Double Hardway
· Game 25: Percent Sign
· Game 26:Crazy Arrow
· Game 27: Butterfly
· Game 28: Crazy H
· Game 29: Double Bingo
· Game 30: COVERALL
· Game 31: 2nd Chance
Super Gala Games on Tuesday, March 17, starting at 1:15 p.m.:
· Game 11: Crazy C
· Game 12: Double bingo
· Game 13: Four Corners & Diagonal Meskwaki casino closed.
· Game 14: Bow Tie
· Game 15: Double X
· Game 16: Double Hardway
· Game 17: Diagonal & Hardway Six Pack
· Game 18: 4 Corner Brackets
Large Diamond On The Road
· Game 19: Triple Bingo with a Wild #
· Game 20: Cactus
· Game 21: Double Bingo
· Intermission
· Game 22: Solid Diamond
· Game 23: Hot Dog
· Game 24: Double Bingo
· Game 25:Flag
· Game 26: Crazy Railroad Tracks
· Game 27: Double Cross
· Game 28: Block of Nine
· Game 29: Double Bingo
· Game 30: COVERALL
· Game 31: 2nd Chance
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About South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa
Featuring more than 2,100 guestrooms, South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa overlooks the famous Las Vegas Strip and the serenity of the surrounding mountainscape. Each oversized guest room features state-of-the-art LED televisions as well as Wi-Fi with high-speed internet connections. Guests visiting South Point will experience affordable luxury through a casino offering top-of-the-line gaming technology, more than 60 table games and a race and sports book area featuring separate viewing areas for both horse racing and general sporting events; a wide variety of dining options, including the award-winning Michael's Gourmet Room; the world-class Costa Del Sur Spa and Salon; a fabulous 400-seat showroom featuring headliner entertainment; a 16-screen Cinemark movie complex; a state-of-the-art, 64-lane bowling center; and a 165,000-square foot convention center. In addition, South Point holds one of the finest event facilities in the country with the South Point Arena and Equestrian Center, which features more than 1,200 climate-controlled stalls and plays host to some of the country's most unique events. South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa is at 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas, NV 89183.
For more information or for room reservations, call (702) 796-7111 or visit the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa website. Connect with South Point on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and foursquare.
Desert Diamond Bingo Hall
Media Contact:
Kirvin Doak Communications
Jaclyn Dadas / Ashley Trevizo / Lea Komitzky
southpointpr@kirvindoak.com
702.737.3100
I have enjoyed your site for many years (decades now).
On your Bingo Probabilities 2 pages, you say (if I understand correctly) that (one-way only) patterns containing the same number of marks have the same expected calls.
But, don't you have to take into account the fact that some 'x Mark patterns' omit some of the columns - and, therefore, reduce the number of balls eligible to be called.
So, for example, on your Bingo Pattern Probabilities pdf, you show two 4-mark patterns (Inside Corners and Large Diamond Corners) having different expected calls. I'm pretty sure the different expected calls calculation is due to different numbers of columns being used for calling.
Or, have I just misunderstood your statement on Bingo Probabilities 2?
Administrator
Bingo probabilities 1
Bingo probabilities 2
Using that table we see that, for any one-way pattern of 4 marks, the expected calls is 60.8.
Yes, that is for only one card in play. But the implication is that for any n cards the expected calls should be equal.
Then in your pdf at /pdf/bingo-probabilities.pdf,
you show 4 CORNERS averaging 8.43 calls (for 300 cards), but the LARGE DIAMOND CORNERS pattern average is 11.86.
Both of those patterns are 4-mark patterns - so, if I read Bingo Prob 2's implication correctly, both expectations should be equal .. but, they aren't.
Further, I'm speculating that the unequal expectations (in the pdf) are due to the fact that the 4 CORNERS pattern omits 3 columns, leaving only 30 eligible balls to be called .. and the LARGE DIAMOND CORNERS pattern omits 2 columns, leaving 45 eligible balls to be called.
Thank you very much.
Administrator
We only need to concern ourselves with this document: Bingo Pattern Probabilities.
Let's just look at the case of 300 cards.
For the four corners pattern, it shows an average number of calls for somebody to win of 8.43 and an average number of winners of 1.39.
For the Large Diamond Corners pattern (if we think of the card like a 5x5 Battleship board, it would require marks on A3, C1, C5, and E3), it shows an average number of calls for somebody to win of 11.86 and an average number of winners of 1.29.
Both patterns have just one way to win and four specific positions on the card to cover. Why are the average number of calls and winners not the same?
The answer is a bit hard to explain, but those who have played a lot of bingo will probably get it.
The distribution of balls called by letter is not necessarily uniform. There will usually be a surplus of some letter and a shortage of others. The Four Corners pattern requires numbers in two columns only, and the Large Diamond Corners in three. The difference is the N column. If there is a shortage of N numbers called, then it's going to take the Large Diamond Corners to hit.
In general, patterns that require fewer letters to be covered tend to hit sooner and ones that require more columns tend to hit later.
I know this isn't my best explanation ever. Let me ruminate on it for a possibly better explanation. Or anyone else may chime in.
That's the (apparent) contradiction I was trying to point out.
In my view, it's easier to see the reason for the difference if you recall how Bingo is called.
For patterns that omit a column, balls for that column do get DRAWN .. they just aren't CALLED. (Ineligible drawn balls are silently recognized by the caller and simply put aside and the caller moves ahead. And, yes, sometimes this makes for an unpleasant delay in the 'action'.)
Functionally, this is the same as if they loaded the hopper with only the 30 eligible balls for the 4 CORNERS, and the 45 eligible balls for the LARGE DIAMOND CORNERS. And so, with less eligible balls to draw from, you naturally get a smaller number of expected calls for 4 CORNERS (8.43) than for LARGE DIAMOND CORNERS (11.86).
If all that's true, then the table 'Expected Calls to Cover Pattern of x Marks' is not correct in its claim that all x-mark (one-way) patterns have the same number of expected calls.
(It would be correct if you change it to 'Expected DRAWN Balls to Cover Pattern of x Marks' .. but that wouldn't be of much interest, I think.)
Administrator
Daytime bingo halls near me. If you are willing to say there is a difference in the expected calls for 300 cards for these two 4-mark patterns, shouldn't there also be a difference in the expected calls for 1 card?
No. For one card the probabilities are the same.
Let's say the winning Bingo Pattern is the N column. Since the Free Space is irrelevant, that would be a 4-mark pattern.
Let's also say there is only 1 card in play.
Your table says the expected number of CALLS would be 60.8.
But, 60.8 is greater than the total eligible balls. The caller will only CALL N31 thru N45 .. a total of 15 balls. Non-N balls DRAWN will not be called .. they will be (silently) put aside.
So, as I tried to point out earlier, I think your table holds true for EXPECTED BALLS DRAWN, but not for EXPECTED BALLS CALLED.
If you still disagree, I will humbly admit to defeat and promise to not try to make my point again.
All the best,
Bob
Administrator
If The Wizard will indulge me just one more time .. a thought experiment, please.
Let's say the winning Bingo Pattern is the N column. Since the Free Space is irrelevant, that would be a 4-mark pattern.
Let's also say there is only 1 card in play.
Your table says the expected number of CALLS would be 60.8.
But, 60.8 is greater than the total eligible balls. The caller will only CALL N31 thru N45 .. a total of 15 balls. Non-N balls DRAWN will not be called .. they will be (silently) put aside.
So, as I tried to point out earlier, I think your table holds true for EXPECTED BALLS DRAWN, but not for EXPECTED BALLS CALLED.
If you still disagree, I will humbly admit to defeat and promise to not try to make my point again.
All the best,
Bob
Bingo Pattern Large Diamond
That 60.8 counts B, I, G, and O balls. They will still be called. A ball is never silently put aside.
In the casinos and the bingo halls around here (Louisiana and Arkansas), any ball drawn that is not a possible hit is indeed put aside (as I described previously) and is not called.
This is done (I believe) to make the game go faster, since an experienced caller can recognize these non-playable balls and quickly move on.
In fact, if the caller mistakenly does call a non-playable ball, the crowd will let him or her know right away.
I appreciate your time with this, Mike.
Let's just look at the case of 300 cards.
For the four corners pattern, it shows an average number of calls for somebody to win of 8.43 and an average number of winners of 1.39.
For the Large Diamond Corners pattern (if we think of the card like a 5x5 Battleship board, it would require marks on A3, C1, C5, and E3), it shows an average number of calls for somebody to win of 11.86 and an average number of winners of 1.29.
Both patterns have just one way to win and four specific positions on the card to cover. Why are the average number of calls and winners not the same?
The answer is a bit hard to explain, but those who have played a lot of bingo will probably get it.
The distribution of balls called by letter is not necessarily uniform. There will usually be a surplus of some letter and a shortage of others. The Four Corners pattern requires numbers in two columns only, and the Large Diamond Corners in three. The difference is the N column. If there is a shortage of N numbers called, then it's going to take the Large Diamond Corners to hit.
In general, patterns that require fewer letters to be covered tend to hit sooner and ones that require more columns tend to hit later.
I know this isn't my best explanation ever. Let me ruminate on it for a possibly better explanation. Or anyone else may chime in.
I found this to be fascinating. I had to think about this for a while. Here's a way to illustrate the point you are explaining:
Consider a game with an infinite number of cards in play (or in which every possible bingo card is in play.). The Four Corners game will be over the moment they draw 2 numbers from B(1-15) and 2 numbers from O(61-75). However, the Diamond Corners game will be over as soon as they draw 1 number from B(1-15) and 2 numbers from N(31-45) and 1 number from O(61-75). Combination math can now quickly explain the difference in the average number of cards drawn with these patterns (for the case of infinite bingo cards). For non-math people, you can explain that the two patterns have different numbers of the 75 possible balls that cannot possibly contribute to someone winning (which is pretty much what you said.)
What's also evident is that a row pattern (say top row) and a column pattern, (say B column) both require 5 numbers but will have different average game lengths (as measured in numbers drawn) whenever two or more cards are in play - and the average game length will become progressively more different for the row and column patterns as the number of cards in play is increased.
