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Sandia Resort & Casino is now open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Sandia guests had been requesting the extended hours, Roy Corby, general manager of gaming operations and interim chief operating officer, said in a news release. He said moving to 24-hour gambling was a big change operationally and that the slot machine floor was redesigned and reconfigured, and the carpet was changed. The hours of the Roadrunner Grill have been changed to around the clock to accommodate players.

“Today, Sandia guests have more room to enjoy their favorite machines in an environment that is far more comfortable and less smoky,” Corby says in the news release. “… All in all, we believe our gambling environment is the best in New Mexico, and now our guests can stay and play in comfort for as long as they want day and night, seven days a week.”

On the gambling floor, guests can win up to $6,000 playing “Peak-O” on Fridays and Saturdays. The promotion will take place every 30 minutes between 6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Guests will have five chances to win and can double their prizes on their last Peak-O chip. The promotion is available to Peak Rewards members. Visit the Players Club for more details.

Celebrate Mom’s big day during the bingo matinee and evening sessions on May 13. There will be two drawings per session for female players, who have a chance to win a designer purse and two free bingo packages. All women will receive one free level-3 package upon buy-in.

The bingo room also will have its Memorial Day weekend early summer special during the matinee and evening sessions on May 26, 27 and 28. There will be two drawings per session. Guests will have a chance to win a cash prize, a Sandia Lakes certificate and two free bingo packages. All active, retired and discharged military personnel with military ID or paperwork will receive a free level-3 package that pays $1,000.

Poker players can help Sandia celebrate 17 years of operation during Sandia’s Anniversary Tournament, starting at noon on May 19. There is a $153 buy-in and a $17 entry fee, adding $1,700 cash to the pot. Players must be Peak Rewards members to participate.

Sandia Poker has something happening all month long. Drawings for “Spring Fever Hot Seat Saturdays” will be held at 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, and May 26. Players will have a chance to win their share of $10,000 in cash and points. Bump up your points during “Deuces Never Lose Bonus Points” on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays through May 30. Pocket deuces on Texas Hold ’em, win or lose, will earn 10,000 Peak Points.

Off the gambling floor, Sandia has tons of entertainment lined up. The Grand Ballroom will host the Fabulous Thunderbirds on May 25, Morris Day & The Time on June 2, and The Charlie Daniels Band on June 24. There will be shows in its newly renovated amphitheater this summer through fall, including Donny & Marie on July 21, Trace Adkins on Sept. 15, The Australian Pink Floyd show on Sept. 21, and Boy George and Culture Club on Sept. 27. Tickets are available at the Sandia box office and ticketmaster.com.

For more information on Sandia Resort & Casino, call 796-7500 or visit sandiacasino.com.

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If your birthday’s in December, you share a birthday month with the Bingo game.

That’s right, we’re celebrating Bingo’s Birthday Month all December!

(Don’t you wish someone would celebrate your birthday all month?)

You do know bingo right? It’s a simple game of chance:

• All players get their own game cards/boards.
• Each card has 25 spaces (five columns and five rows). Twenty-four of the spaces contain numbers (the center is free).
• Each column is designated by one of the letters in the game’s name:. B – I – N – G – O. Then each column contains one of 15 numbers (B is 1-15, I is 16-30, etc.).
• Numbers are drawn by picking labeled balls or pieces of paper (depending on how “official” the game is) out of a container.
• If you have the picked number, you mark/cover the space.
• When you’ve covered spaces in the correct pattern (often 5 in a row, either down, across, or diagonal, but it can vary) you must yell out bingo to win. Usually you must yell bingo before the next number is called, or your win doesn’t count.

For such a simple game, it can be a lot of fun. Especially if you’re playing with competitive players!

A Bit of Bingo History & Trivia

Edwin S. Lowe created the Bingo game we know in 1929.

But a very similar game was played long before that. The first “bingo” game was actually an Italian lottery played way back in 1530. They called it “Lo Giuoco del Lotto D’Italia.” Italians still play this game today.

In 1770s France it became a game for wealthy Frenchman. They called it simply “Le Lotto.” The Germans used a similar game as a children’s learning tool in the 1800s.

When the game finally made it to the US, it was just a carnival/fair game called “beano.” The name likely came from the beans players used to cover the numbers.

One day Mr. Lowe overheard a winner excitedly yell out “bingo.” This inspired him to create a version of the game with that name. He had Carl Leffler, a Columbia University math professor, help him create new cards with more number combinations. By 1930 the game had 6000 different cards.

Today Bingo is a big charity fund-raiser. The game raises more than $5 billion every year for churches and other organizations.

It’s also popular in retirement in nursing homes. The game is simple to run and easy for the elderly or disabled residents to play (no running around!). Many older residents also grew up playing church bingo, and so enjoy the nostalgia associated with the game.

And of course there are many online versions of Bingo. Some are just for fun, while others are for money.

Scroll down for some ideas on celebrating this fun-and-games holiday.

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Celebrating Bingo’s Birthday Month

Play Bingo!

Individuals

Obviously you can play regular bingo. Either get a game going with friends, or find a game at a nearby church or other fundraiser.

Or consider celebrating the season with a Holiday Bingo game. Believe it or not, you can get a whole variety:

• Around the Year Bingo (Jewish holidays throughout the year)

If you want to be more creative, create your own Bingo cards. Use pictures, words, places, or dates relevant to your life.

Teachers

Take a cue from libraries, which often create games of Book Bingo. Instead of numbers, the spaces hold pictures of characters or places from books. Use books on your class’ reading list.

Or create games with subject themes, like math or science terms.

Or make it a month-long challenge. Each space holds a specific challenge. Examples for a Reading Challenge could include:

• Reading a book, or a chapter in a longer book
• Analyzing a character
• Researching a location, or figuring out what real locations may have inspired a fictional place

You could also do other subject challenges, like math problems or science experiments.

The kids earn a Bingo by completing all the challenges in a particular row (down, across, or diagonal as usual) or pattern.

Since it is December, you might also want to do a Holiday Bingo game using symbols for the various winter holidays (Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s, etc) in the spaces instead of numbers.

Or make it a Holiday Bingo Challenge. Have students research the history/meaning of the symbols, and even the holidays themselves.

Younger students can learn to recognize and/or match letters, shapes, or colors. Depending on their ages/abilities, either call out the letters/shapes/colors or have the symbols on individual cards to turn over and show them.

Do you have any other ideas for celebrating Bingo’s Birthday Month?