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Posted by Nicolae on September 2nd, 2008 under Bingo, Bingo card, games
Tags: Bingo Cards, costs, flimsies, flimsy sheets, formats, paper, sources, three cards, throwaways •
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Flimsies are a type of bingo cards printed on thin sheets of paper. They are typically printed with three cards on a single sheet, but also come in other formats:
One card per sheet
Two cards per sheet
Four cards per sheet
Six cards per sheet
Nine cards per sheet
Flimsies costs $1-$2 per sheet and a win on [...]
Posted by Nicolae on August 14th, 2008 under Bingo card, Rules, games
Tags: Bingo card, Bingo Cards, links, sources, UK, US •
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Bingo cards are used to play various bingo games, including U.S. style bingo and U.K. style Housie. Cards are usually made of cardboard or non-reusable paper, but more and more bingo halls are beginning to use computerized cards. Bingo cards are printed in various styles (see below) with randomized bingo numbers. [...]
Posted by Nicolae on June 30th, 2008 under Video poker Guide, games
Tags: casino game, computerized console, Deuces Wild, Double Bonus, Double Double Bonus, five-card draw poker, full pay games, games, History, Jacks or Better, kinds, links, locating, players' clubs, positive expectation games, regulation, sources, video poker •
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Video poker is a casino game based on five-card draw poker. It is played on a computerized console which is a similar size to a slot machine.
History
Video poker first became commercially viable when it became economical to combine a television-like monitor with a solid state central processing unit. The earliest models appeared [...]
Posted by Nicolae on June 28th, 2008 under Las Vegas, Las Vegas Strip
Tags: attractions, Casinos, courses, demolished, Free Shuttles, golf, History, hotels, Las Vegas Strip, links, Los Angeles Highway, resorts, Salt Lake Highway, shopping, sources, The Strip •
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The Las Vegas Strip (also known as The Strip) is 4 mi (6.7 km) of Las Vegas Boulevard South partly in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, that has been designated an All-American Road. Many of the largest hotel, casino and resort properties in the world are located on The Strip. Over the years, Las [...]
Posted by Nicolae on June 12th, 2008 under Las Vegas, Las Vegas Nevada Guide
Tags: beginning, History, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas, origins, prehistory, resort casinos, sources, the birth, The Mississippi of the West, The Strip •
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Las Vegas, Nevada was given its name by Spaniards in the Antonio Armijo party, who used the water in the area while heading north and west along the Old Spanish Trail from Texas. In the 1800s, areas of the Las Vegas Valley contained artesian wells that supported extensive green areas, hence the [...]